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DHS Failed to Ask Key Questions on Planned Biowatch Gear: GAO

(Global Security Newswire) Congressional investigators have found the U.S. Homeland Security Department failed to determine if a planned new generation of biological strike scanners would meet an existing need and would function as intended before it pushed to obtain the technology, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office in preliminary findings  Read More »

$1 Bil Later, DHS Pulls Plug On Faulty “BioWatch” System

(The Moral Liberal) After blowing $1 billion on faulty “live-saving” technology that was supposed to detect biological attacks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly pulling the plug on the failed system. Known as BioWatch, the program has turned out to be a worthless money pit for U.S. taxpayers. The mainstream newspaper that first  Read More »

Syracuse FBI wades through tips that could lead to fake anthrax terrorist

(The Post-Standard) FBI agents in Syracuse have been following up on tips this week that could lead them to the person who’s been mailing fake anthrax threats for 15 years. The agency made a public plea Sunday, offering up to a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of whoever sent 21 letters  Read More »

BioWatch Gen-3 slips further behind schedule

(Fierce Homeland Security) Plans for deploying a fully-autonomous networked biodetection capability–known as BioWatch Gen-3–have again undergone a delay, with the Homeland Security Department announcing in late August that an anticipated solicitation is now set for late fall or early winter. An Aug. 20 FedBizOpps notice gives little further detail, only stating that the final request  Read More »

Sugar-coated terrorism: Swiss chocolate inspections by US leave sour taste

(RT) Chocolatiers in Switzerland are infuriated by US inspections on their universally-loved confectionary for bioterrorism or radioactive threats. Factories have no choice but allow checks; otherwise will they be banned from the profitable US market. At least 21 Swiss chocolate factories and 18 dairies are obliged to allow inspections of their work until September 20,  Read More »

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