u.s. department of homeland security just pulled a Trojan Horse that would make ancient generals blush
History buffs are drawing direct lines between today's DHS directive and the infamous 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Instead of cannons and green mountain boys, this operation used legal paperwork and electronic surveillance. The stealth, the strategic surprise, the way the public didn't see it coming until the papers were signed—it’s the administrative equivalent of Ethan Allen’s midnight raid. Critics say the DHS just wrote a new chapter in the book of American surprise attacks, only this time the target was domestic data, not a foreign fort.