Airplane or helicopter surveillance. It’s been mentioned in some of the links that Brown thought this was taking place.
The state’s capital litigation office in Raleigh has appointed a capital defender for Laurean, something Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson called “not normal.”
Hudson said such action typically comes after a suspect’s arrest.
“I have many questions, too,” he said of the NCIS investigation. “I have some concerns about it. I want them to tell me about that. I don’t know why they’re not doing a more aggressive job of defending themselves.”
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/marine_lauterbach_laurean_080114/