"INNER AFFAIRS AROUND THE WORLD":"SPOTLIGHT ON THE "SECRET POLICE" AND THE TERRITORY SURVEILLANCE"!

THE CHICKEN ABROAD TO SCARE THE MONKEY AT HOME"!!!(CHINESE OLD SAYING)!
(...)The crucial element in the relationship between politics and the police is the question of territory surveillance. The issue is not whether surveillance should take place.There is a high level of consensus that anti-terrotist operations are legitimate, but one of whom should be watched.
Defining who is an "enemy of the state" is not easy. Terrorists are enemies but civil rights activists surely are not? This area is difficult to control because surveillance has to be secret. People may suspect that they are under investigation, but if the intelligence agencies are doing their jobs properly, it is extremely difficult to prove. Secret policing, by its very nature, is the least accountable area of police operations.
Thus, surveillance activity can easily cross ill-defined boundaries and become political. Arguably, judgements on who is an appropriate and legitimate target for police surveillance should be made by politicians.
Some surveillance agencies, however, defy political control. Indeed, there have been repeated allegations that elements in the british security services tried to destabilise the former Labour Government of "HAROLD WILSON" in the mid-(1970), the very entity that was supposed to control those services.
The role of the police as an agent of political repression is most clearly seen in authoritarian regimes. In these cases surveillance of the population can be both "Overt" and "Cover". "Overt surveillance" is employed to create a firm belief in the minds of the population that any heteredox or illegal activities will not avoid detection by the police; and that severe sanctions will follow.AS the Chinese saying puts it:("kill the Chicken to scare the Monkey")."In Communist Parties States, this was reinforced by ", show trials", widely reported trials of dissidents and Political criminals to let the rest of the Population know what was awaiting them if they too crossed the line"...
Clearly, "Overt Surveillance" may not be sufficient to stamp out political dissidence. "Covert surveillance" is often, therefore, an important tool in political repression. As well as the unpaid "Civilian informers", "Members of the Security Police infiltrate all areas of society", reporting back to their superiors on potential troublemakers. The true extent of this "Secret Police Penetration" into civilian society in eastern Europe will probably never be known. However, it has become clear from the files found in the "Stasi offices" in "East GERMANY" and the Securitate headquaters in "ROMANIA" that the network was vast. The securitate played a major role in maintaining former romanian head of state "CEAUCESCU'S rule and, disregarding popular hatred of their organisation, resisted his overthrow until the end.
The use of Police to silence opposition is not limited to communist party states. It has been a feature of the role of the Police in authoritarian regimes throughout the "Third word" to this day, like in some West african countries(IVORY COAST):Let's come to the major facts as far as the "IVORY COAST" is concerned right now: Some months ago, ivorian popular front(FPI-main opposition party) spokesman in exile in "ACCRA-GHANA"(KONE KATINA) has been arrested by police men in disguise at the airport of Accra(capital city of GANA),but down the line, it was an international conspiracy in disguise...Recently, on the (17th of JANUARY 2013), ivorian young patriots leader(CHARLES BLE GOUDE) has been also arrested behind closed doors and the men in disguise who arrested him were willing to expell him illegally... A so called and unprecedented behaviour like a no man's land life in the new millenium in this part of WEST AFRICA!
Nowadays , we can still come to the conclusion that reconciliation and peace seem to scatter in the "IVORY COAST", in spite of an apparent and committed governmental speeches about that worthy concept, because secret police's international agents seem to spy endlessly ivorian leaders in exile in "GHANA": it's evident that they can stand as a sufficient tool for some eventual political repressions outside the "IVORY COAST". In "GHANA" right now, an extensive surveillance of most of the ivorian politicians in exile, must be the first priority of the ghanain regime, before peace and reconciliaton have to come to reality in the "IVORY COAST":"THAT'S TO SAY CLEARLY,THE IVORIAN ACTUAL REGIME SEEMS TO KILL SOFTLY THE CHICKEN TO SCARE THE MONKEY, AS IT HAS BEEN SAID LONG TIME AGO IN CHINA"! Time will really tell-Wait and See!
(YVES T BOUAZO)(the subtitle, the title, extra additions and the conclusion are from the staff)("sources": "comparative government and politics from "RODE HAGUE MARTIN HARROP", "SHAUN BRESLIN"-"UNIVERSITY OF NEW CASTLE"-"ENGLAND")