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This bucket includes things like GPS navigation satellites, NRO surveillance and eavesdropping platforms, and strategic communications satellites built to survive a nuclear war.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025 -
On Thursday night, news broke that Trump had also fired Gen. Timothy Haugh, the director of the National Security Agency, the nation’s premiere electronic eavesdropping agency, and head of the Defense Department’s U.S. Cyber Command.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The suspect was seen placing the devices in surveillance video footage, FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration laid off thousands of federal health workers, including teams leading HIV surveillance, prevention, and research and a group of global health researchers working to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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It’s been seven years since Beale Air Force Base, home to the secretive U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft, hosted a public airshow.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, the Russian reconnaissance drones are currently unarmed, though there has been much discussion on Russian Telegram channels of fitting rear-firing weapons.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Consequently, comparisons between observations in this atlas and sites elsewhere in the world may be possible by noting the characteristics of the various settings described herein.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2025
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Further research combining mathematical modeling with observations of Venus's surface will help provide a better understanding of the planet's geology, the researchers said.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Wiretapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretapping. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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