The rant is justified.. I recall a case a few years ago in a Middle Eastern Country.. (no names, but it begins with a S and has lots of oil)...
A guy studying abroad became a bit too vocal and pro human rights, democracy etc..
When he came home for vacation, he was met at the airport by some plain clothes guys and taken away, without the family's knowledge..
He turned up three weeks later singing the praises of the government and refusing to go back abroad. He had been successfully "de-programmed"