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HS Today: Discovery Communications building hostage taking

Background Report on Discovery Communications Building Hostage-Taking

Following the September 1, 2010, hostage situation at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Maryland, START has compiled background information on terrorist activity in the District of Columbia and Maryland, media targets, and hostage situations in the United States. HS Today Coverage: www.hstoday.us/content/view/14616/128/. The full PDF of this report, complete with graphs, is available here. The accompanying press release is available here.