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THREAT LEVEL gained a new mascot Wednesday thanks to the gift of this flying privacy pig from Homeland Security privacy czar Hugo Teufel III.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

Homeland Security's Privacy Chief Hugo Teufel III likes THREAT LEVEL more than we could ever have imagined.

On Wednesday, at a press conference at the 2008 National Fusion Center Conference Wednesday, Teufel gave us a pig. A pink, squishy pig with wings and sunglasses.

We assume the Privacy Office created the flying pig as a way to publicize or remind people about its Privacy Incident Handling Guidance booklet. PIHG, get it?

That's the book you turn to when you are at the Transportation Security Administration and someone tells you they lost an external hard drive containing 100,000 employees' social security numbers and payroll information.

THREAT LEVEL is flattered by the gift and trusts, without verifying, that Mr. Teufel did not put a wiretapping bug inside the pig.

However, we are at a loss as to what to call the pig, and ask for your suggestions and votes below:

The DHS Privacy Pig needs you to help name it.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

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