Grassfire.org, a grassroots group I have liked, but seems to be increasingly reckless and desperate in its rhetoric.   Note the dates in red.

2/29/08 

Dear Albert,

Breaking news has confirmed what Grassfire has been saying all along–the VIRTUAL BORDER FENCE HAS FAILED!

According to reports, Project 28 (twenty-eight miles of virtual border fence in Arizona), which the President has boasted is "the most technologically advanced border security initiative in American history" has failed.  

Albert, this is just one more slap across the face of American citizens who are eager to see our borders secured!

As you know I have spent the last two CR meetings researching and rerporting to you my best and most honest assessment of the true state of the Border Fence.   

This "failure" was in my research, I did not mention it because it was treated as an isolated failure not symptomatic of a full blown across the board failure.  I am looking into it as to why this came out as a big story now.  It is not new.  It happened several months ago.  Note the date of this excerpt from a news story on Project 28, the "failure" described by Grassfire as "breaking news",

Glitches delay virtual fence on border

By ELISE CASTELLI

October 31, 2007

Bugs in the Homeland Security Department's border surveillance system, SBInet, have been frustrating for Customs and Border Protection agents, congressional auditors say.

Stana interviewed Border Patrol agents as part of GAO's review of the prototype project, known as Project 28, a name that refers to the virtual fence installed in Arizona along 28 miles of the Mexican border.