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How a noisy Pentagon pack mule became ICE's newest tactical tool

The immigration enforcement agency paid $1.3 million for four customized Boston Dynamics machines. Taxpayers started paying for their ancestors in the 1960s.

Matt Stroud
Matt Stroud
How a noisy Pentagon pack mule became ICE's newest tactical tool
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