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Report: U.S. Border Camera Tests Show Very Little

An AP newswire article, via The Boston Globe, reports that:

A test run of a Web site allowing users to monitor the Mexican border helped authorities catch 10 illegal immigrants of the more than 12,000 who officials said were apprehended in November, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The El Paso Times obtained state reports about the results of the November trial of Gov. Rick Perry's Texas Border Watch online camera program. Through a public records request, the newspaper also received a sampling of the 14,800 e-mails viewers sent through the Web site.

The Web site also helped authorities make one drug bust and interrupt a smuggling route, the newspaper said.

posted by Fergie @ 1/07/2007 02:25:00 PM