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Oct 05, 2016

NSA Contractor Charged Over Alleged Theft Of ‘Highly Classified’ Files

Nope, not Snowden—but 51-year-old Harold Thomas Martin of Glen Burnie, Md.

Nov 18, 2015

Middle School Teacher Comes Out As The Victim Of Twerking Attack: ‘Maybe It Will Help Someone Else’

One woman remains in jail without bond for the attack, and there is a warrant out for another woman’s arrest.

Dec 26, 2013

Video: Merry Christmas From Edward Snowden

Watch this very merry, Orwellian Christmas message from Edward Snowden.

Dec 24, 2013

Snowden: I Still Work For The NSA, They Are The Only Ones Who Don’t Know It

In a new, revealing must-read interview with the Washington Post, however, Snowden offers some illuminating insight into his motivations, noting that his “mission’s already accomplished,” and highlighting his “selfish fear” that predated his data drop.

Apr 16, 2013

Peeping Landlord in Maryland Pleads Guilty

A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to placing hidden cameras in rooms he rented out to three tenants.

Apr 01, 2013

Metro Opens Doors (and Watches You Walk Through Them With Way More Surveillance Cameras)

Metro is planning on tripling the amount of surveillance cameras it has throughout the system.

Feb 04, 2013

Virginia Senate Panel Approves Moratorium on Drones

A Virginia Senate panel today approved a two-year moratorium on the use of drones by police and government agencies in the commonwealth.

Jul 09, 2012

Law Enforcement Requested 1.3 Million Cell Phone Records in 2011

Law enforcement agencies’ requests for customer information from mobile phone carriers reached at least 1.3 million in 2011. A Congressional inquiry found a staggering increase in the amount of cellphone surveillance conducted over the last five years by police across the United States.

May 31, 2012

Feeling Watched? In D.C., Chances Are That You Are

According to a Men’s Health ranking, D.C. is the most-surveilled city in the country.

Oct 21, 2011

Police Release Footage of Metrobus Shooting Suspects

D.C. police have ramped up efforts to find two suspects who they believe were involved in the murder of 22-year-old Demetrius Thompson on a Metrobus on shortly after midnight on Thursday, releasing footage of the two suspects as they boarded the bus.

 
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