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Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

2002 for Wednesday, August 1st. In today's news, federal prosecutors reveal that Paul Manafort has a $15,000 jacket made from

ostrich. Congress holds its first hearing on the family separation debacle at the border and the Senate

once again fails to fix the broken flood insurance program.

But first the big idea.

We're living in the brave new world.

New technologies make so much possible.

Social networks keep us connected

and 3D printers are so cool.

They make it easier and cheaper to produce not just awesome new products but life-saving technologies.

Yet innovation also has a dark side and two new stories illustrate this. A federal judge

last night blocked the publication of blueprints for 3D printed guns,uing a temporary restraining order just hours

before the schematics for do-it-yourself assault rifles

were going to be posted online.

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lassnick issued the order in response to a lawsuit from eight

attorneys general who argued that putting these instructions online poses a national security

threat. The firearms, which are mostly made of plastic, are untraceable

because they don't have serial numbers. They wouldn't require a background check to print,

and they're easily destroyed after being used. The available blueprints that a nonprofit wants to put up online citing its First Amendment rights include guides for making guns like AR 15s and AR10s, a pistol called the Liberator, and a Ruger 1022.

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