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For instance a country may establish a secret service which has some policing powers (such as surveillance) but not others. A secret police may also be said to be a secret service. The powers and duties of a government organisation may be partly secret and partly not. The organisation may be said to operate openly at home and secretly abroad, or vice versa.

The most prominent organization bearing this title is the United States Secret Service.

See Also:

• Espionage
• History of secret police forces
• List of intelligence agencies international and by country
• Mass surveillance