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The General Who Loved Blimps Too Much

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He was the Air Force’s spy chief. Then he went straight to a firm selling spy gear. Now he’s in trouble.

The U.S. Air Force’s influential former intelligence chief has agreed to pay a $125,000 settlement to the Justice Department. At issue: a drone blimp the size of a football field, designed to spy on an entire town in a single pass.

The federal government launched an investigation into whether retired Lt....

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