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Pros And Cons Of Security Services

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The presence of security services in democratic nations offers ascent to a political conundrum. From one perspective, the security services are established so as to secure the state, its citizens and the democratic order and they are given special powers and capacities for this reason. On the other hand, by virtue of their special powers and capacities they have the potential to undermine the security of citizens, debilitate the state and subvert the democratic process. Keeping in mind the objective of turning away these dangers, the security services are subject to a scope of controls and different forms of oversight. The intelligence services present a particular challenge because of the way they function, their intrusive powers and their
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