security. that is probably going to be more of a combination of virtual borders, virtual patrols. >> reporter: that was then-candidate obama on the campaign trail. so why is the virtual fence turned into virtual unreality? too many promises from boeing, not enough oversight from the dhs. this is from a gao report on the virtual fence which homeland security calls the secure border initiative network or sbinet. quote, dhs has not effectively managed and overseen its prime contractor, that would be boeing, thus resulting in costly rework and contributing to sbinet's history of not delivering promised capabilities and benefits. in their official statement they stand by their work. in part their statement reads, boeing stands behind its work on the system as a reliable, effective border security tool. so what now? nearly $1 billion of your money into this thing, the dhs extended boeing's contract until