Some Congress Members Question Whether Homeland Security Overstepped Its Authority

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some members of Congress are questioning the legality of Homeland Security seizing domains and taking down URLs accused of copyright infringement, CNET reports. Among the concerns are that Homeland Security is “seizing the domain names of websites whose actions and content are presumed to be lawful, protected speech,” some Congress members…

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A Warm Detroit Welcome: U-Haul Van with Secret Service Equipment Stolen and Later Recovered

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The Secret Service probably wished this little embarrassment remained a secret. Thieves made off over the weekend with a U-Haul truck parked  in downtown Detroit that contained equipment for the U.S. Secret Service, which was planning a protection detail for Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke Sunday in…

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Feds to Release Bacteria into Boston’s Subway System in Simulated Attack

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The Department of Homeland Security is releasing dead bacteria into Boston’s Subway System to test its new bio-terror sensing detector, the Business Insider reports. Scientists will release Bacillus subtilis, a non-toxic bacterium found in soil, water, air and decomposing plant matter, as part of a simulated biological weapon attack. It can’t cause…

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