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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
Overhead imagery exposed Russia's buildup on its border with Ukraine, for example, and later aided the identification of electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba.
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
These payloads have primarily included NRO eavesdropping satellites and the massive bus-size Keyhole imaging platforms, essentially Hubble-class telescopes pointed at Earth.
—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
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
These payloads have primarily included NRO eavesdropping satellites and the massive bus-size Keyhole imaging platforms, essentially Hubble-class telescopes pointed at Earth.
—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
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The south-facing RGB is also free from interference if the user installs Cherry-profile alternative keycaps on their keyboard.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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August 27 - Special Counsel Jack Smith files a superseding indictment in the election interference case against Trump, slimming down the allegations against Trump in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.CNN, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Amid interrogations about production levels and stockpile health, Replicator promises to set the pace for cheap, fast, proliferated weapons.Colin Demarest, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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In interrogation, the sisters might have remembered their father’s tactic: focus on a point in the wall and zone out.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Satellite imagery, drone reconnaissance, and signals intelligence can pinpoint vulnerabilities, enabling impactful, low-risk strikes.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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We had been directed by the Lebanese army—which maintains a reconnaissance and policing role in the south—to go to the Rest House, a gated resort.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Marty Makary became a GOP favorite for his questioning of COVID restrictions.Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Stefanik’s questioning of university presidents over antisemitism on their campuses helped lead to two of those presidents resigning, further raising her national profile.Thomas Beaumont, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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In May, harrowing hotel surveillance video obtained by CNN showed Combs brutally body-slamming, kicking, and dragging Cassie in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in March 2016.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Here's what to know Phoenix police asked anyone who can identify the man or has surveillance video showing suspicious activity in the area to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish speakers.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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