Internal security authorities here are keeping a watchful eye on the activities of mullahs from neighboring Iran, nervous that the religious presence could translate into political instability.
But for a second consecutive year it will be less than the outlay on internal security.The authorities' horrified response to anonymous calls on the internet for a "jasmine revolution" in China will add to the cost of policing.
All three appeared to have run afoul of the 1950 McCarran Internal Security Act, and passport authorities were still mulling over their cases while their travel dates came and went.
Over the years, legal advocates say more than 2,600 people have been swept up by the law, the Internal Security Act, which allows the authorities to imprison suspects without trial.
The French government retains authority over defense, internal security, and various other matters.
It will include a handful of civilian officials and is nominally chaired by the president-to-be, but two-thirds of its members are generals, and decisions will be made by a simple majority.So Egypt's incoming head of state may be able to appoint a cabinet, but will have no authority over budgets, internal security, foreign affairs or the army.
The 2007 cable, released by WikiLeaks, quoted Yuval Diskin, left, the head of Israel's Shin Bet internal security service, as saying that the Palestinian Authority's security apparatus shares with Israel "almost all the intelligence that it collects".
He was sent back to France from Istanbul airport last week after the French internal security service, the DGSI, tipped off Turkish authorities that he was a possible jihadi recruit bound for Syria.
"The Thai government has invoked its Internal Security Act (ISA) throughout Bangkok, which allows authorities to close roads, make arrests; take action against security threats; and increase police presence around government buildings and at other locations," the State Department's alert said.
As the head of the administration of his province, the satrap collected taxes and was the supreme judicial authority; he was responsible for internal security and raised and maintained an army.
