Gallery: Eerie Photos Capture Fear and Paranoia in Washington DC
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A light illuminates a room at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Men in suits photograph something through a wire fence on H Street NW.
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*The Washington Post* announces President Trump firing James Comey.
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A test target sits on the National Mall.
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Representative Steny Hoyer speaks at a rally.
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A shaft stretches beneath Dupont Circle.
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The Verizon building, a theorized NSA domestic interception point, sits at 30 E St SW.
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A white van waits on a street in the Kalorama neighborhood.
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Wolf Blitzer speaks at a private event on the National Mall.
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A pair of eyes fill a marquee screen on I Street SW.
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A man wears an earpiece.
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A road leading to a Russian dacha seized by federal agents.
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A sign advertises "cyber training" near the NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland.
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An F-16 crashed near this site in Clinton, Maryland.
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