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Different Border Areas Drive Surveillance Tech Needs, DHS Official Says

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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The wide range of differences along the Northern and Southern borders of the United States requires different technology solutions to meet the country's border surveillance needs, according to a program official within the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate. The "takeaway" is that "We don't think there's going to be any simple answer to be able to look at all the places on both borders," Leslee Shumway, the program manager for Sensors and Surveillance within…

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