Bloomberg’s series “Wired for Repression” reveals how Western companies provide surveillance systems to authoritarian countries that claim some of the world’s worst human rights records including Iran, Syria, Bahrain and Tunisia. The newest artillery for repressive regimes, the gear allows authorities to intercept their citizens’ e-mails and text messages, monitor Internet activity and locate political targets through cell phone technology. Brandishing transcripts of personal communications and records of whereabouts, officials now routinely use such information to confront, arrest and torture dissidents.
Saudi King chowing down on McDonald’s fries
A rural sheriff, searching for six missing cows, was chased off a property by three armed men. The sheriff calls in reinforcements including: a SWAT team, a bomb squad, and a Predator drone.
April 30, 1992: On the second day of the Los Angeles riots, a man with a shopping cart full of diapers runs past a burning market on 3rd Street.
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