Texas cow linked to second mad cow case traced
The Agriculture Department confirmed a 12 year old Texas born cow slaughtered last November at a Waco pet food plant caused the United States second mad cow case. DNA testing linked the herd. no meat entered the human or animal feed chain. Officials noted the cow likely infected before the 1997 feed ban and stressed U.S. beef remains safe.
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Bush grants expanded power to national intelligence chief
President Bush approved broad changes to the intelligence apparatus after a presidential commission faulted the community over Iraq prewar judgments. The plan strengthens the national security director’s budget and control over the FBI and creates a National Security Service inside the bureau while consolidating some DOJ units under a new assistant attorney general for national security. The move drew the ACLU’s warning of potential erosion of constitutional protections.
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