Dina Temple-Raston
Stories
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National
Watchdog To Review Non-Lethal Tactics Against Protesters, Including 'Heat Ray' Request
The Government Accountability Office, a non-partisan government watchdog, will review the federal government's use of non-lethal weapons and the tactics it wielded against protesters this summer.
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National
Protesters Were Supposed To Hear Warnings Before Federal Police Moved In. They Didn't
In June, federal police cleared peaceful protesters from a park by the White House. Lawyers now say U.S. Park Police violated a settlement that set out rules for engaging mass demonstrations in D.C.
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Politics
Postmaster General Faces Intense Scrutiny Amid Allegations Of Political Motives
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a longtime Republican donor, controls the U.S. Postal Service at a time when mail-in voting is central to the presidential election.
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National
Irregularities in COVID Reporting Contract Award Process Raises New Questions
The administration awarded a contract for a COVID-19 database to TeleTracking Technologies using a process reserved for innovative research. Its CEO had links to the New York real estate world.
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National
Lawyers Charged With Seven Felonies In Molotov Cocktail Attack Out On Bail
Two lawyers could face life in prison for allegedly firebombing an empty police car during a protest in New York. Prosecutors call it a calculated crime. Supporters say they're being singled out.
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Animals
Solving The Challenges To Counting Forest Elephants
Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project is using artificial intelligence and audio recorders in a bid to save forest elephants from poachers.
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Investigations
How The U.S. Cracked Into One Of The Most Secretive Terrorist Organizations
NPR has been given exclusive access to nearly a dozen people involved with Operation Glowing Symphony, a classified military operation that launched a cyber attack against ISIS.
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National
How The U.S. Hacked ISIS
In 2016, the U.S. launched a classified military cyberattack against ISIS to bring down its media operation. NPR interviewed nearly a dozen people who lived it.
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Technology
The Mysterious Death Of The Hacker Who Turned In Chelsea Manning
Adrian Lamo was a hero in the hacker community for years. Everything changed when he began exchanging messages with U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.
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National Security
Chelsea Manning Comments Publicly On The Late Hacker Adrian Lamo
Chelsea Manning breaks her silence on Adrian Lamo, the hacker who turned her in to authorities after she revealed she leaked documents to WikiLeaks. Lamo died under mysterious circumstances last year.