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Goats Slip Past Security Fence Near NYC Bridge

NEW YORK – It was a report calculated to send chills through those charged with anti-terrorist vigilance in New York City: Bearded intruders secretly penetrate heavily guarded transportation site.

But it turned out the would-be trespassers were goats imported by the National Park Service to clean up poison ivy and other unwanted weeds at historic Fort Wadsworth, a 200-year-old Revolutionary War rampart on Staten Island near the Verrazano Bridge.

Brian Feeney, a park service spokesman, said the goats are brought down yearly from a farm near Rhinebeck, N.Y., and escaped about two weeks ago.

According to officials, the dozen goats — or, as the Daily News described them, “weapons of grass destruction” — managed to slip under a metal fence separating the fort from bridge property, without setting off electronic alarms or sensors installed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to guard against intruders.

In a statement, the MTA’s Bridge and Tunnel Division said the fence was not actually part of the bridge protection system, and because the animals did not get past a second, more formidable fence that is, “there was no security breach” affecting the bridge which spans New York harbor between Staten Island and Brooklyn.

The goats were spotted by a human bridge guard, rounded up and put back in their pen at Fort Wadsworth, which is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area managed by the park service.

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Billions at stake in border contract
By Dave Montgomery

McClatchy Newspapers

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Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff sees a mix of technology and manpower.

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is expected next month to choose an industry consortium to erect a high-tech security shield along the U.S. borders, launching one of the federal government’s most ambitious public-works projects in years.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) calls the proposed Secure Border Initiative Net (SBInet) the “most comprehensive effort in the nation’s history” to gain control of more than 6,000 miles of border with Mexico and Canada, and 2,000 miles of coastline.

SBInet is a centerpiece of President Bush’s efforts to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border at a time Congress is locked in a struggle to revise the nation’s immigration laws. Administration officials say they intend to proceed with the security net regardless of the outcome of the debate over immigration legislation.

The multibillion-dollar undertaking has ignited a contract battle among industry teams headed by four leading defense companies — Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon — and Ericsson, the Swedish-based telecommunications giant with U.S. headquarters in Plano, Texas.

Competitors diverse

Collectively, the teams are composed of nearly 40 companies in more than 15 states, a diverse lineup that includes global engineering firms, niche industries adept at biometric identification or surveillance, and aerospace corporations better known for churning out warplanes, tanks and missiles.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a branch of the DHS, is expected to announce a winner by Sept. 30.

As envisioned by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, SBInet would marry industry expertise with the 42,000-employee Customs and Border Protection to create a wall of technology, manpower and infrastructure in the next six years. The initial cost is projected at $2.5 billion, but the price could be much higher.

The shield is a dominant component of the Secure Border Initiative that Chertoff announced in November to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. More than 1.2 million illegal immigrants were arrested in 2005, nearly all on the southern border.

Although Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael Jackson told industry officials the project is “not about simply buying gizmos,” much of the attention has focused on the potential mix of technology. Most of the proposals include state-of-the-art sensors, mounted cameras, unmanned aerial vehicles, radar and other surveillance hardware.

Calls for toughening the border have intensified with the approach of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the recent alleged terrorist bomb plot in Britain. But the project has come under heightened scrutiny on Capitol Hill after a congressional report last month blasted DHS procurement polices.

The bipartisan report, released by the House Committee on Government Reform, identified $34.3 billion worth of DHS contracts marred by significant overcharges, wasteful spending or mismanagement. The troubled projects include a largely ineffective camera-surveillance system along the Mexican and Canadian borders.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., complained that SBInet could be exposed to the same problems, contending the DHS is giving industry too much latitude in determining how the system should be tailored. “That’s not governing,” he said. “It’s utter incompetence, and it’s going to cost the taxpayers billions.”

From the bidders’ vantage point, SBInet could create thousands of jobs and illustrate the defense industry’s expanding transition into homeland security. Tools of war — such as radar and satellite surveillance — easily can be redirected into the campaign to guard the home front, industry officials say.

“We see it as an increasing market,” said John Douglass, president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association. “Many of the technologies that make you a successful aerospace contractor would also make you a successful homeland-security contractor.”

Several of the team members started preparing for the project more than two years ago, when the DHS was considering a since-abandoned border initiative called America’s Shield. Team representatives spent months on the border, and several bidders set up remote border-area test sites to evaluate equipment.

Nearly 60 potential bidders expressed interest in the project before the DHS winnowed the field to the five rival teams. Universities in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona are aligned with several of the teams, reflecting academia’s growing expertise in homeland security and border demographics.

Bidders made oral presentations in the past two weeks and have until Monday to update their proposals.

While SBInet bristles with opportunity, the winning team will face immense obstacles in trying to create a leakproof “virtual wall” traversing rugged desert terrain in the south and mountainous, wooded landscape in the north. The challenges probably will include property-rights disputes and environmental issues.

Sensors and cameras have been operating along the borders for years; the SBInet team will be charged with building a system tying all the pieces together. In addition to technology, the industry team will provide contract personnel for non-law-enforcement jobs and train government agents to adapt to the new system.

Sensors popular item

In January, Jackson urged industry officials to be innovative without straying “onto the wacky edge of creativity.” Most proposals call for a network of thousands of sensors that would detect movement, sound and, in some cases, odor.

The sensor then would flash an alarm on a computerized map in a command-and-control center, where an operator would train a long-range mounted camera on the site to determine whether an animal or a human intruder tripped the alarm.

If necessary, agents would be dispatched. Several, if not all, of the teams would augment the protection with unmanned surveillance aircraft and, in some cases, high-altitude surveillance balloons
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justenjoylife111 asked:


hah not to sneak out, im 34. Just i had the honeywell security system put in and sensors on my windows and i wasnt paying attention and i want to do any ideas how to take it off my windows or take the batteries out without setting them off. its like a little white box next to my window then two rectangle pieces next to each other, one on the window one on the wall…….any ideas?
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4th one from bottom the door/window transmitter is wut im tlkin bout

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kazu_yeah19 asked:


I’m currently designing a home made security system and would like to know of there are any other methods besides interfacing that could be used in connecting a PIR sensor to the computer, I’m trying to make a computer interface for the system and I’m kinda stuck.

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Shariq M asked:


i need to create a burglar alarm using parallel port with software interfacing using Turbo C codes imported into Java (JNI)

the problem is that i cant figure out how to do the hardware part!
can anyone suggest me any online resource for that?

i have to either use the keypad security system model or use a sensor attached to the door that goes on whenever the door is opened. I also need to know which pins of parport to connect the hardware to and what signal should i tell the program to look for..

please help fast!
well.. ok then make it usb port.. but HOW?

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Halo asked:


There have been few break ins in our neighborhood and the thieves break the second level bathroom or bedroom window to gain access to the house. Most of the houses in our neighborhood are 2 level single family homes that have security systems installed, but the motion sensors are installed only at the first level, so the thieves climb up the second level window to gain access.

I’d like to lock all the second level bathroom and bedroom doors from the outside, so that the perpetrators don’t have access to the entire second level of the house even after they break in.

I’m planning to add motion sensors in the second level as well, but I’ve been hearing stores about break ins that are happening at places that have motion sensors installed at both levels and want to make sure my house is as deterrent proof as possible.

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koyoteekoffin asked:


Ever since 911 I have watched the security agencies around the US and in the airports try to secure our countries borders and deter terrorism. However, the men and women who are designing these methodologies are willing to trade the citizens freedoms for state security. It doesn’t have to be that way. I came up with a security screening checkpoint system and database network that will fairly evaluate each individual for security risk while determining suspectiblility and wanted status. It evaluates each individual on about 75 shared and unique characteristically features, but it doesn’t store identity information unless you are a convicted felon. You walk through the screening area and the sensors and software create a anonymous profile which is unique to only you. It saves this anonymous profile in the database. The profile is all mathematical. No identification equals non infringement by government agencies. What do you think?

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UNCLOVR asked:


Hi, My 1996 infiniti i30t has a starting problem. It will start, but not every time. Sometimes it takes me 15-20 turns of the key to get it to start, but sometimes it only takes me one try. I took it to a mechanic who is a good friend and said it probably has to do with the security system. He used the light sensor tool to figure out if the started, battery or switched were getting power to the ignition. I didnt want to take too much of his time because he was doing it for free during his time at work, so I dont know exactly what is wrong. Ive tried to take the plug for anti-theft out, but it still wouldnt start. I believe the plug for the anti-theft was the same plug used for it to start, because on the plug it said anti-theft, then under it, it said START. I couldnt find the fuse, but that was just the plug. The security light blinks when I oped the doors if that helps at all. Thanks so much!

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Mei Lua asked:


Picking up my Jeep Wednesday. The 2008 Wranger Rubicon Unlimited comes with a Sentury key and a car alarm, but so far, I can’t find any info on the car alarm like when it is activated, or if it is motion sensitive, etc.

What is the alarm system? Do I need to add additional alarm features for added security? I’m considering a motion sensor … LoJack.

(Already getting the dealership to install a hood lock, wheel locks and locking gas cap.)

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Sam Q asked:


Mine beeps continuously and it stops when I press any key on the key pad, but it beeps again like every 4 hours!! I had service with ADT for three years and a year ago I canceled it. I’ve been using the system and it barely started to do this about a month ago. It only displays a “Batt” next to “chime” w/no number next to it. I’ve checked the system battery and it’s fully charged, so are the wireless sensor batteries. Please help me, I hate waking up to turn it off!!! Thanks for any help!!

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