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Secret Service airbrushes aerial photos
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-12-17

Call it the case of the missing White House. Users of Mapquest's free aerial photo database recently noticed that details of several Washington D.C. government buildings were no longer discernable in overhead images of the U.S. capital.

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Secret Service airbrushes aerial photos 2003-12-21
Anonymous
It would probably only be effective if they also stop people from driving or walking near by, within viewing distance of the buildings, allowing estimations of distance. Banning tourists, and the associated tourism collateral would probably be more effective.

How many people work at these buildin...

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