Open-source development relies on a loose-knit federation of programmers who work to improve the software as a labor of love.

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Chris Knox, a spokesman for the Firearms Coalition, a for-profit, loose-knit coalition of gun activists, said restrictions such as ammunition limits wouldn't have prevented Saturday's killings.

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One of the most startling was the attack on the global intelligence firm Stratfor over Christmas, for which members of the loose-knit hacker group Anonymous claimed responsibility.

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The nation was traumatized, shocked and paralyzed by the brazen acts caused by the bastards who swore allegiance, not to peace, but to a murderous man named Osama bin Laden and a loose-knit terror network named al Qaeda.

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Telecomix, a loose-knit team of international hacktivists, had been scanning the Syrian Internet in a massive sweep, dividing 700, 000 target connections among its members in Germany, France and the U.S., probing for hackable devices with software tools like Nmap and Shodan.

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Friday began with a major action by loose-knit hacker collective Anonymous releasing a leaked phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard about the prosecution of two members, but it looks like they might be just gearing up for the day.

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According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the New Ansari Money Exchange is a hawala run by Jan that transferred billions of dollars in and out of Afghanistan between 2007 and 2010 that was also part of a loose-knit business conglomerate that included satellite telephone companies.

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She was wearing a drab ensemble of gray cotton sweatpants and a loose-fitting pale-yellow knit top, and her brown hair fell in bangs just above her eyes.

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