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These payloads have primarily included NRO eavesdropping satellites and the massive bus-size Keyhole imaging platforms, essentially Hubble-class telescopes pointed at Earth.
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Also at Chabahar, China is breaking ground on a regional eavesdropping post that would allow China to intercept signals within a range of around 3,000 miles.
—Jamsheed K. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2020
Last month, articles appeared on two of Mr. Dougan’s newer fake sites, The Houston Post and The Flagstaff Post, detailing a baseless claim that the F.B.I. had planted an eavesdropping device in Mr. Trump’s office at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 May 2024
The intelligence has been gleaned from hard drives, cellphones, laptops, maps and other material seized during Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, as well as electronic eavesdropping conducted by the U.S., the sources said.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Also at Chabahar, China is breaking ground on a regional eavesdropping post that would allow China to intercept signals within a range of around 3,000 miles.
—Jamsheed K. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2020
Last month, articles appeared on two of Mr. Dougan’s newer fake sites, The Houston Post and The Flagstaff Post, detailing a baseless claim that the F.B.I. had planted an eavesdropping device in Mr. Trump’s office at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 May 2024
The intelligence has been gleaned from hard drives, cellphones, laptops, maps and other material seized during Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, as well as electronic eavesdropping conducted by the U.S., the sources said.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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Forensic doctors who performed the autopsy told prosecutors that his injuries were consistent with a fall from that height and that self-harm, as well as interference from someone else, were ruled out.Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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And Fulton County voters will decide whether starring players in Trump's 2020 election interference case deserve another term in office.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lombardo Palacios confessed to murder following hours of interrogation that employed pressure tactics many experts now say are unreliable.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The investigation into Gary’s stabbing began with an episode devoted almost entirely to interrogations, which served to fully recap the events of the series thus far — from Karen’s salon burning down to Sabrina’s wrongful conviction.Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
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In 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft captured photographic evidence of Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
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The first defensive measures to appear in Russian reconnaissance drones were small backward-facing cameras.David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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As his questioning crosses taboos and boundaries, raising Sister Barnes’ hackles, cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung’s camera, which has been cutting between various degrees of close-up as the conversation progresses, breaks free from stasis.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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This questioning keeps them aligned to their goals as well as their values.Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Officers identified them from surveillance footage.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Those who witnessed the accident or have surveillance video or other relevant information have been asked to contact the NTSB at witness@ntsb.gov.Raven Brunner, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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