[joshuahedlund]

> It is the third straight year that the government has seized websites on "Cyber Monday"...

Did not know this.

> ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit coordinated with officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Romania, the United Kingdom and the European Police Office to take down the sites.

A great example of mission creep. Counterfeit goods have nothing to do with terrorism.

[tshtf]

ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

[charonn0]

Still mission creep, though.

[tptacek]

Counterfeiting has always been part of ICE's mission and the "homeland security" dig is a cheap shot, since ICE got absorbed into DHS; it wasn't an effort spun up by homeland security.

[ams6110]

ICE is a merger of the former INS and Customs. Prior to DHS Customs had nothing to do with immigration, and that job is now split between ICE and CIS for reasons that don't seem apparent.