Among the recipients of the money: Cicero Town President Larry Dominick and Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg, both of whose government agencies use the technology from the Atlanta company.

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    “Kompromat” is the term we use in Germany for such material. Derives from the practise of eastern block autocracies and their secret services to blackmail foreign politicians into compliance by presenting them with video evidence of their pedophilia and other disgusting crime.

    • 🇨🇦GreenBeard🇨🇦@lemmy.ca
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      I mean, the ideal solution there would be electing fewer pedophiles, but Western civilization has always seemed to have an issue with ending up with the worst possible people in charge.