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Border technology contracts take new approach
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Sep 11, 2013
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Border technology contracts take new approach
In the coming months, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts will be finalized for new surveillance technology along the Southwest border.
Agents at the Joint Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center in Tucson. The content of the video display screens have been blurred for security reasons.
Agents at the Joint Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center in Tucson. The content of the video display screens have been blurred for security reasons.
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In the coming months, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts will be finalized for new surveillance technology along the Southwest border.

In the coming months, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts will be finalized for new surveillance technology along the Southwest border. Many feel that past mistakes are now dictating the way the federal government is awarding these new contracts.

From the Fronteras Desk in Phoenix, Jude Joffe-Block reports