Top cop: MoCo officials praise collaboration in Discovery standoff

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Collaboration and training were key in diffusing a hostage situation at the Discovery Communications building, Montgomery County and Maryland authorities say.

James J. Lee entered the building at about 1 p.m. Wednesday and took three people — a security guard and two Discovery employees — hostage.

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