At a hearing to discuss the technology needed to secure the nation’s borders, one Homeland Security official said that without one critical resource, all the technology in the world would be useless.
“Technology will never replace the men and women pursuing what the technology uncovers,” said Anthony Salisbury, acting deputy executive associate director for Homeland Security Investigations.
Salisbury and Diane Sabatino, deputy assistant commissioner, Office Field Operations for Customs and Border Protection, testified before the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on March 8.
The subject of the hearing was “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond.” While the committee did discuss technology, it was apparent that the committee is divided along party lines about the seriousness of the issue and who is to blame….