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Bug sweeper, consisting of headset, receiver, and detector to find hidden surveillance devices inside a room. The user would have worn the receiver over his shoulder or across the body, and heard audible beeps through the headphones as the detector swept over a hidden bug. This product was marketed through Jones' Saber Industries company. Leo Hugh Jones (1926 --2002) was an early pioneer in the development of electronic surveillance and countermeasures devices. In 1950, he founded the Fargo Company to design and manufacture these high-tech specialty devices. Based in San Francisco, Fargo sold its products exclusively to law enforcement organizations around the world. In 1965, Jones founded Saber Laboratories to provide countermeasures equipment, a fledgling industry partially induced by the Cold War with Soviet Russia.
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