Like ICE, the NSA, the CIA, and the Secret Service rolled up into one institution pointed squarely at the highest office in the land.
A bunch of privileged pick-mes with ill-defined powers, spying on their countrymen ostensibly for reasons of national security (but in reality mostly for their own amusement and politiking), with a history of backing coups and ignoring direct orders, and the stated goal of protecting the executive.
Toss in some local police flavor of “We cosplay like we’re hard paramilitaries but we’re only really good at attacking people who don’t fight back”, and you have the Praetorian Guard.
Or ICE, for that matter
Like ICE, the NSA, the CIA, and the Secret Service rolled up into one institution pointed squarely at the highest office in the land.
A bunch of privileged pick-mes with ill-defined powers, spying on their countrymen ostensibly for reasons of national security (but in reality mostly for their own amusement and politiking), with a history of backing coups and ignoring direct orders, and the stated goal of protecting the executive.
Toss in some local police flavor of “We cosplay like we’re hard paramilitaries but we’re only really good at attacking people who don’t fight back”, and you have the Praetorian Guard.