10. Security Apparatus Operates as a "State Within a State"
- Emergence of elite or praetorian guards that operate with impunity
- Emergence of state-sponsored or state-supported private militias
that terrorize political opponents, suspected "enemies," or civilians
seen to be sympathetic to the opposition
- Emergence of an "army within an army" that serves the interests of the dominant military or political clique
- Emergence of rival militias, guerilla forces or private armies in
an armed struggle or protracted violent campaigns against state
security forces
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