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Prosecutors say these types of robberies, while rare, are meticulously planned and designed to overcome increasingly prevalent electronic surveillance.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
This targeting success surely owes much to advanced electronic surveillance and deep cyber penetration of Iran’s weapons systems and infrastructure.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Investigators are using tools ranging from electronic surveillance — which includes the internet — undercover operations and informants to monitor any potential threat of attack from terrorist groups Hezbollah, al Qaeda, and ISIS.
—CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
Early in the space age, the United States launched some electronic surveillance satellites to low Earth orbit — those in the GRAB and POPPY lines, for example.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Much of this, like the infamous STELLAR WIND mass electronic surveillance program run by the National Security Agency, took place in secret, until it was exposed by The New York Times in December 2005.
—Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Moreover, the fifth-gen submarine also has an electronic surveillance suite that can intercept and classify enemy signals passively, feeding data into NATO’s broader intelligence networks.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
The information that leads to an interdiction comes from human sources as well as what's known as signals intelligence, or electronic surveillance.
—Ryan Lucas, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
One classic discussion underscored the mobsters’ concern about electronic surveillance and demonstrated their inability to do much about it.
—George Anastasia, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
This targeting success surely owes much to advanced electronic surveillance and deep cyber penetration of Iran’s weapons systems and infrastructure.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Investigators are using tools ranging from electronic surveillance — which includes the internet — undercover operations and informants to monitor any potential threat of attack from terrorist groups Hezbollah, al Qaeda, and ISIS.
—CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
Early in the space age, the United States launched some electronic surveillance satellites to low Earth orbit — those in the GRAB and POPPY lines, for example.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Much of this, like the infamous STELLAR WIND mass electronic surveillance program run by the National Security Agency, took place in secret, until it was exposed by The New York Times in December 2005.
—Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
Moreover, the fifth-gen submarine also has an electronic surveillance suite that can intercept and classify enemy signals passively, feeding data into NATO’s broader intelligence networks.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
The information that leads to an interdiction comes from human sources as well as what's known as signals intelligence, or electronic surveillance.
—Ryan Lucas, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
One classic discussion underscored the mobsters’ concern about electronic surveillance and demonstrated their inability to do much about it.
—George Anastasia, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Electronic surveillance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronic%20surveillance. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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