Questions about the size, costs and merits of security apparatuses have been circling around cities of late.

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In November, a European Commission report detailed the Kosovo Liberation Army's failure to build functioning governing apparatuses.

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These positions include the powerful presidency and ministries of defense (the armed forces) and interior (the police and intelligence apparatuses).

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We must not lose sight, however, of the larger problem: The Millennium Bug's potential for devastation of an advanced, computer-dependent society like that of the late 20th Century United States is not confined to its national security apparatuses.

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