I spy with my little eye...

If you happen to see these driving around, they are not from your local cable company.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Surveillance Truck













From the National Border Patrol Council (member of American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO) website, Department of Homeland Security Vehicle Guidelines - May 2004, this DHS vehicle document (PDF, 1.46 MB) has been around for over a year. Included are photographs of almost every type of vehicle operated by DHS and their color markings, etc.

A chance for anyone to get their fair share of the DHS "budget pie" is the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR).

(Check out the official warning/disclaimer at the bottom of the page.)


* No, Xiaxue, these are probably not the guys who hacked your blog. Believe me, they have bigger fish to fry.

** BTW, I really enjoyed reading Lucian's take on your experience (especially the "Comments" section).