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Because of both the secrecy
Secrecy

Secrecy or furtiveness is the practice of sharing information among a group of people, which can be as small as one person, while hiding it from all others....
of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police
Secret police

Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarianism regimes, as they are often used to maintain the political power of the state rather than uphold the rule of law....
, intelligence agency
Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a Government Government agency that is devoted to the information gathering for purposes of national security and Defense ....
etc. For instance a country may establish a secret service which has some policing powers (such as surveillance

Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior. Systems surveillance is the process of monitoring the behavior of people, objects or processes within systems for conformity to expected or desired Norm in trusted systems for security or social control....
) but not others. A secret police

Secret police

Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarianism regimes, as they are often used to maintain the political power of the state rather than uphold the rule of law....
may also be said to be a secret service. The powers and duties of a government organization may be partly secret and partly not.

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Because of both the secrecy
Secrecy

Secrecy or furtiveness is the practice of sharing information among a group of people, which can be as small as one person, while hiding it from all others....
of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police
Secret police

Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarianism regimes, as they are often used to maintain the political power of the state rather than uphold the rule of law....
, intelligence agency
Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a Government Government agency that is devoted to the information gathering for purposes of national security and Defense ....
etc. For instance a country may establish a secret service which has some policing powers (such as surveillance

Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior. Systems surveillance is the process of monitoring the behavior of people, objects or processes within systems for conformity to expected or desired Norm in trusted systems for security or social control....
) but not others. A secret police

Secret police

Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarianism regimes, as they are often used to maintain the political power of the state rather than uphold the rule of law....
may also be said to be a secret service. The powers and duties of a government organization may be partly secret and partly not. The organization may be said to operate openly at home and secretly abroad, or vice versa.

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Secret Police
Secret police

Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarianism regimes, as they are often used to maintain the political power of the state rather than uphold the rule of law....
List of intelligence agencies
List of intelligence agencies

The following is a partial list of current intelligence agency....
international and by country
Mass surveillance
Mass surveillance

Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof. Mass surveillance is used in varying contexts, and in some cases may occur regardless of whether or not consent of those under surveillance is given, and may or may not serve the interests of those whom are monitored....

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