Question : —Why did Napolitano tell us the border fence was in good shape?
The fence is in very bad shap. MOST of the fence is a pedestrian fence and the illegal aliens hop right over, or drive the old truck through.

After 3 years and $ 500 million, Boeing getting a chance to fix glitchy border system

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-sun-boeing-border-tech-0927sep27,0,2613588.story

Along the boundary between Arizona and Mexico recently, Border Patrol agent Michael Scioli weaved his SUV through unforgiving rock formations and hills of desert brush. Illegal immigrants covertly were crossing the border nearby, but Scioli’s agency doesn’t always have the manpower to know exactly where.

Scioli then passed a 98-foot-tall tower fitted with cameras, a high-tech extra set of eyes that he and other agents presumably would welcome. “Don’t have much to say about that,” the agent said tersely.

The tower is part of a network of cameras and sensors rolled out with great fanfare by Chicago-based Boeing Co. three years ago but now is largely disowned by Border Patrol agents and lambasted by lawmakers and government watchdogs.

The so-called virtual fence, which has received $ 500 million from the Department of Homeland Security, should have been fully in place already in southern Arizona. Instead, the department scrapped the first attempt, which cost Boeing at least $ 40 million in overruns.
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This is a GAO report that was done in November.. after Boeing had a chance to fix it.

Tucson Region
Other US projects have raised similar concerns
By Brady McCombs and Stephen Ceasar

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/317733

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.16.2009

The loose administration and “anything-goes” mentality surrounding Operation Stonegarden has raised concerns that it might not be the best use of federal taxpayer money.
It’s not the first time such concerns have been raised about programs involving the U.S. Border Patrol and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security.
The government’s border security strategy has been plagued by high-priced initiatives rolled out with little oversight and no measures of success, resulting in big spending that produces little, reports by the Government Accountability Office and the DHS inspector general show.
• Border fences
Despite a $ 2.4 billion investment to build 264 miles of fencing and 226 miles of vehicle barriers in the last five years, the impact of these barriers on border security is unknown because it has not been measured, according to a September 2009 GAO report.
“Until CBP determines the contribution of tactical infrastructure to border security, it is not positioned to address the impact of this investment,” the report said, referring to Customs and Border Protection.
• Border Patrol checkpoints
A one-year evaluation of U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints by the GAO found that the agency’s self-reported data are insufficient to determine if the inspection stations are efficient or effective.
A 147-page GAO report, released in September, also shows that the agency overstated checkpoint results in the last two years due to a lack of management oversight and inconsistent data-gathering and analysis throughout the agency.
• Virtual fences
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has paid Boeing Co. $ 1.1 billion since 2006 to create and build a border-long network of camera, sensor and radar towers. To date, only a flawed test system in Arizona is being used by the Border Patrol. The virtual fences were supposed to be completed along the Southwest Border by October 2009. Now, they are expected to be done by 2016.
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The search was the Mexican Fence 2009
The Virtual Fence 2009

Tell Congress Napolitano fibbed hard, or plan on that 2.6 trillion dollar amnesty soon.

http://www.heritage.org/research/immigration/wm1490.cfm

virtual office chicago

Best answer:

Answer by Joe Citizen
The fence was built with large gaps to allow wildlife to pass easily. Guess what. after all that money the illegals can crawl through them as well.