November 19, 2007

Home Based Minutemen
Texas Renews American Border Patrol-pioneered Concept

American Border Patrol was the first to demonstrate the feasibility of operating border cameras over the Internet.
Houston Chronicle -- November 19
Border Web cams go online again
Perry says he's found the funds to have virtual watch up and running as early as January
    Keeping watch over the border may once again become as easy as logging onto the Internet.
    Gov. Rick Perry has identified $3 million in federal funding to restore a short-lived but highly publicized "virtual border watch" program that allows Internet users to access video feeds from cameras set up along the border.
Historical note:
Red DotSept. 2005 ­ ABP announces test of border Web cams
Red DotJune 2006 ­ Texas governor announces test of remote border Web cams
Also see: ABP Has More Powerful Border Web Cameras

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