Comments on: Virtual Border Fence http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/virtual_border_fence/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:35:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: BlogRunner: 28-Tower Virtual Fence Is Rising Along the Border http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/virtual_border_fence/comment-page-1/#comment-136669 BlogRunner: 28-Tower Virtual Fence Is Rising Along the Border Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:26:31 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/virtual_border_fence/#comment-136669 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] to it ... The so-called virtual fence has missed its deadline already -- for just 28 miles of it...Virtual Border Fence James Joyner Outside the Beltway elap('1182859177');The federal government has [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] to it ... The so-called virtual fence has missed its deadline already -- for just 28 miles of it...Virtual Border Fence James Joyner Outside the Beltway elap('1182859177');The federal government has [...]

]]> By: Patrick T. McGuire http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/virtual_border_fence/comment-page-1/#comment-135329 Patrick T. McGuire Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:21:55 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/virtual_border_fence/#comment-135329 This reminds me of a story from the Viet Nam era. In an effort to detect movement along the Ho Chi Minh trail, the military placed electronic "sniffers" along the trail. These sniffers would detect body odors of all nature but were supposedly sensitive to the smell of urine. The intention was that when the Viet Cong stopped to relieve themselves along the trail, the sniffers would detect the odor and then send a signal. The Viet Cong defeated the system by urinating directly on them, which caused them to malfunction. Don't ya just love them hi-tech solutions! This reminds me of a story from the Viet Nam era. In an effort to detect movement along the Ho Chi Minh trail, the military placed electronic "sniffers" along the trail. These sniffers would detect body odors of all nature but were supposedly sensitive to the smell of urine. The intention was that when the Viet Cong stopped to relieve themselves along the trail, the sniffers would detect the odor and then send a signal.

The Viet Cong defeated the system by urinating directly on them, which caused them to malfunction.

Don't ya just love them hi-tech solutions!

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