Engagement of Federal Agents with Hackers at Defcon Conference

WHY are federal agents hobnobbing with hackers? Defcon, a convention of computer hackers here, was crawling with them on Friday. They smiled, shook hands, handed out business cards, spoke on a panel called Naturally, federal agents have been hanging out at hacker gatherings for years to snoop.

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