secret police
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And critics claimed the company’s “Service Department,” designed to see that workers remained “sober and industrious,” was nothing more than a secret police force.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Rivas was the personal secretary for Chile's infamous secret police chief Manuel Contreras from 1973 to 1976.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
From 2014 to 2018, Mr. González López headed the secret police.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, refuted descriptions of ICE as a secret police force.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
This is what Stalin’s dreaded head of secret police, Lavrenti Beria, suspected.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
