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from the if-you-build-it-they-will-come...and-cut-through-it dept.
Smugglers have found an easy way to get through the vertical steel tube Mexican border wall. From https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/smugglers-are-sawing-through-new-sections-of-trumps-border-wall/2019/11/01/25bf8ce0-fa72-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little as $100. When fitted with specialized blades, the saws can slice through one of the barrier's steel-and-concrete bollards in minutes, according to the agents, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the barrier-defeating techniques.
After cutting through the base of a single bollard, smugglers can push the steel out of the way, creating an adult-size gap. Because the bollards are so tall — and are attached only to a panel at the top — their length makes them easier to push aside once they have been cut and are left dangling, according to engineers consulted by The Washington Post.
The taxpayer-funded barrier — so far coming with a $10 billion price tag — was a central theme of Trump's 2016 campaign, and he has made the project a physical symbol of his presidency, touting its construction progress in speeches, ads and tweets. Trump has increasingly boasted to crowds in recent weeks about the superlative properties of the barrier, calling it "virtually impenetrable" and likening the structure to a "Rolls-Royce" that border crossers cannot get over, under or through.
In other words, no one did any serious pen testing on the wall design, or it would have been obvious that with all that leverage, the top tie-in was easy to flex.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @06:08PM (2 children)
Hahahahahahaahahhahahaha omg what a fucking waste of my tax dollars!!!
And here I thought Trump gave away the secret "It will be so tall, how are they gonna get down? Maybe a rope..."
Lol who actually thought the wall would keep people out? My guess is Trump runs a bunch of coyotes and he wanted to drive prices up. Now they can price gouge and use the wall as an excuse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @05:17AM (1 child)
Submitter here, the editors cut off my personal comment (Original Submission at https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=37250 [soylentnews.org] ), which was:
Thanks for fingering the bad actor--must have been one of Trumps coyotes that forgot to push the bollard back into place, after slipping his customers into the USA.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 05 2019, @07:29AM
Regardless it isn't wrong to say that someone could cut through the fence np. At best the wall is a delaying tactic, a nuisance at most.