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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    A hooded pedestrian walks near the White House.
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    A black suburban waits in front of the US Capitol.
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