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After getting considerable heat from constituents, members of Congress, and the press, homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano made a statement promising not to start any new border construction projects and to set-up a 30 day review on how the projects were selected.

There are numerous ghost towns through out Montana and the Rocky Mountain West and several books about them.

Years from now, historians may not agree on whether the federal stimulus plan was effective in reigniting the country's flailing economy.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Homeland Security spending a whole lot of stimulus on Montana ports While it's true that the buildings at the Port of Scobey and the Port of Whitetail in Montana need serious updating, the decision of Homeland Security to spend $77 million on five border crossing stations in Montana is excessive.

Many times it's been observed in this space that one person's porkbarrel project is another person's lifeblood.

Department of Homeland Security officials are taking another look at why two Montana border crossings could be receiving millions of dollars in upgrades.

SCOBEY - Suddenly, the bar here got very, very quiet. There, on the big-screen television, was a picture of the Port of Scobey just 14 miles up the road, and Lou Dobbs was introducing CNN's investigative journalist Drew Griffin with a national report - from Scobey.

A A A' Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected.

We were driving through some of the most remote country in the United States, chasing a story that seemed hard to believe.

Washington -- Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected.

STIMULUS! AP IMPACT: Secret process benefits pet projects. "Despite Obama's promises that the stimulus plan would be transparent and free of politics, the government is handing out $720 million for border upgrades under a process that is both secretive and susceptible to political influence.

The critics of the decision to spend $15 million in federal stimulus money on the tiny northern border Port of Whitetail say the money should have gone to a larger southern border port like the one in Laredo, Texas.

What is the cost of three Canadian visitors a day? Fifteen million dollars in Obamabucks, apparently.

This March 30, 2007, file photo provided by the Daniels County Leader shows the Whitetail, Mont., border checkpoint at left.

A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.

A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.

MALTA - Bernard W. "Bud" Hasler, 83, of Malta, a World War II Army veteran and retired city engineer, died of natural causes Friday at his home.

MALTA - Bernard W. "Bud" Hasler, 83, of Malta, a World War II Army veteran and retired city engineer, died of natural causes Friday at his home.

Montana's general contractors will be able to bid on one of the five federal stimulus projects to build ports on the state's northern border.

Few places in America are more desolate than Whitetail, Mont., a place where the roads are more likely to be mowed than paved.