But our job is to probe.

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An FBI intelligence operations specialist, Franklin was not involved in the sniper probe, and officials said they didn't believe she was targeted because of her job.

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Is a probe more serious than a scan, etc.? Finally, once properly defined, those whose job it is to explain the threat to politicians and citizens should be precise in their use of these terms.

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The probe was technically and legally complex, examining whether a decades-old tradition of releasing data such as job totals and economic growth through a select group of media companies could be manipulated via new technology.

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