NBC Dateline reporter busted at hacker conference

To Catch a Reporter. NBC Dateline producer Michelle Madigan tries to go undercover at the DefCon 14 security convention – and bites off more than she can chew.
Having been alerted to her presence days before the event, DefCon staff baits the trap with a fake “Spot the Fed” contest. Once she is seated, DefCon organizer Jeff Moss suggests they play “Spot the Undercover Reporter” instead. Knowing the gig’s up, Madigan bolts – and a comical parking lot chase ensues.
(Not a good week for Dateline NBC – its producers are being sued for bribing local law-enforcement officials to help them arrange their stings.)

Spot the fed is an awesome game. I was to DefCon 7 back in the day, was a hell of a good time, I was there actually with a group of friends, one of them being a fed. Back then the feds had a sense of humor about it, they took pride in the t shirt they got if they were spotted (“I’m a Fed”). Now though, with Bush Jr. in charge… yah, probably not as many feds with a sense of humor