A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 2034.
DHS expects to expend $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for this dangerous expansion of a surveillance network indiscriminately trained on towns, school playgrounds, backyards, and vehicles—threatening the privacy and civil liberties of everyone in the border regions.
Their magazine on the subject is quite fascinating. Especially the ALPRs disguised as traffic cones (page 33), and trail cameras in trees, surroundings, trash, and even signs and posts (page 35 and 36) are as interesting as they are creepy…