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- 1 2 Defense Department to Close TALON System, by Sergeant Sara Wood, US Army, American Forces Press Service, 8/21/07.
- ↑ Pentagon to Shutter Anti-Terrorism Database, npr.org
- ↑ Pentagon to suspend anti-terror database, by Robert Burns, Associated Press, 8/21/07.
- ↑ Criticized database to be shuttered, by Jim Mannion, Agence France Presse, 8/21/07.
