citizens

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The same week both citizens were held, administration officials spoke on a panel at a border security conference in Phoenix and downplayed and denied that citizens have been mistakenly detained.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The researchers are especially concerned about how the technology could be used in authoritarian countries to monitor protesters or track citizens without their knowledge.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Governments everywhere, as they are now realizing, don’t want H-bombs in the hands of private citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Maybe the most important thing that Christopher Brown, an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, said Thursday about scams targeting U.S. citizens is that people who fall for them shouldn’t feel embarrassed.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Stalin’s government hadn’t ever encouraged outspokenness among its citizens.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein