Home Surveillance Cameras Catch Robbers in Act

Two men kicked in the back door of a man's house and robbed the house...and much of it was caught on the homeowner's surveillance cameras.

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Bush's Surveillance Plan Under Scrutiny

Not enough relevant officials were aware of the size and depth of an unprecedented surveillance program started under President George W. Bush, let alone signed off on it, a team of federal inspectors general found.

The Bush White House pulled in a great quantity of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, the IGs reported. They questioned the legal basis for the effort but shielded almost all details on grounds they're still too secret to reveal.

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Old Fashioned Surveillance Helps Close Sex Offender Loop Hole

For weeks, Pierce County sheriff’s deputies watched the small house in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, making sure their man was there.

He was a sex offender, convicted of second-degree rape in King County in the 1990s. Under state law, as a Level 3 offender – considered likely to offend again – he had to register with the county and state where he lived so his neighbors could be alerted.

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