The graveyard dogs soon returned, digging under a vinyl fence built four-feet high with three feet of wire mesh below ground.

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The rich surround themselves with razor-wire and private security guards (who outnumber uniformed policemen three to one).

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Using a technique called "sniffing, " three foreign-based journalists working for Global Security magazine hacked into a closed wire-based network set up exclusively for the media.

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Their three-dimensional nature would, for example, permit the microscopic equivalent of wire coils to be etched on to them, meaning that they could act as radio antennae.

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The 35-year-old Mr. Freeman turned against his buddy, wearing a wire for the government during a crucial phase in a sprawling, three-year investigation that authorities say could eclipse in scope any previous insider-trading case.

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Instead of overcoming my fear of talking to strangers and doing interviews, I decided to wear a wire - a hidden microphone under my shirt - and for the next three years I recorded my life in secret.

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