illegal aliens to get into our country. >> we're going to create a virtual fence that employs motion detectors and infrared cameras and unmanned aerial vehicles to detect and prevent illegal crossings. what i'm telling su that we're going to have a border that is smart and secure. >> what we're looking to build is a virtual fence, a 21st century virtual fence. >> we've got to have stronger border surveillance and security. that is probably going to be more of a combination of virtual borders, virtual patrols. >> well, that was then-candidate obama on the campaign trail. so why has the virtual fence turned into virtual unreality? too many promises from boeing, not enough oversight. this is from a gao report on the fence which homeland security calls the security border initiative network or sbi net. dhs has not managed its prime contractor, that would be boeing, thus resulting in costly reworking contributing the sbi net's well chronicled history of not delivering promised capabilities and benefits on time and money.