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BOB BRIGHAM
29 DEC 2018 AT 09:42 ET
President Donald Trump is attempting to waste a pile of money on his signature border wall, a former FBI special agent on MSNBC on Saturday.
Clint Watts was a FBI special agent who served on the Joint Terrorism Task Force and joined guest host Baratunde Thurston on Saturday.
There are much better ways to do this, for a couple different reasons, Watts explained. One, any wall without overwatch we would say in the military is not a defense. Youre just blinding yourself to whats happening on the other side of the wall they never really talked about that.
What weve been looking at even over the last decade, especially with counterterrorism and what was done in Iraq and Afghanistan, weve advanced technology dramatically, he continued. This is something we could invest in tighter, improved border security without putting up a wall, much more effective investing in our technological advances in the United States.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/giant-waste-money-ex-fbi-agent-explains-biggest-problem-trumps-border-wall/
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)I think the biggest problem with the wall is the environmental impact. Many animals have territories or migration routes that span the border. The desert has more wildlife than many people realize.
The DHS has already suspended 25 environmental and land management regulations to build the wall. The damage is already being done.
I hate the waste and the inevitable grift that would happen, but those are minor to me compared to the damage to the wildlife.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Did the russians put the republicans up to this idiocy in order to further weaken the USA? Sometimes it sure seems that way.