The security forces and political apparatus had long been nervous in Tibet especially.

ECONOMIST: Tibet

Even if charges are not pressed immediately, the arrests put teeth into the investigation and may signal an end to the culture of impunity that long shrouded the Syrian-backed intelligence apparatus.

ECONOMIST: Lebanon

The Center believes that -- as positive as the wholesale destruction of Iraq's offensive military potential is -- if Saddam's police state apparatus is not similarly destroyed, the Iraqi people will be denied an opportunity for self-governance too long denied them.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: On to Baghdad! Liberate Iraq