They needed to look for willing volunteers and watch out for surveillance.

BBC: Liquid bomb plot: What happened

Using highly trained specialists to look out for trouble has the advantage that each operator can watch many networks at once, and can thus spot trends that would otherwise go unnoticed.

ECONOMIST: Putting it all together

But look to the little guys to put out real-world products that make it easy to watch Web videos and television shows just about anywhere you'd like.

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