Senator Tom Carper Issues Statement on Silk Road 2.0
With news today that the second iteration of Silk Road has made a debut (with the first version of the site being seized and shut down by federal authorities), a United States congressman has already issued a statement - and it may not be what you would expect. Senator Tom Carper - a democrat from Delaware - who serves on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee had this to say: "This new website - launched barely a month after Federal agents shut down the original Silk Road - underscores the inescapable reality that technology is dynamic and ever-evolving and that....
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