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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 2003-12-23
Anonymous
Ummm, despite the mantra, "obscurity" IS one part of a comprehensive security program. No, it's not the end-all-be-all of security, just like no one part of the entire program is, but that's not to say it can't be helpful.

As far as "obscurring the buildings only leads to drawing more attention"...

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