The Scientist, Jan. 21, 2008 This blog is about how two "government agencies continue to bicker over how to protect US borders from agroterrorism and invasive species." The article quotes Peter Mason, a UTMB researcher, who thinks that the transferring responsibility to the Department of Homeland Security has "just been disastrous. ...Quite frankly, I think DHS is a new agency and it's not clear to me they have a clear understanding of animal agriculture."