 The State Security apparatus was made a separate branch of the Interior Ministry, separate from the regular Police command, and was focused intensively on political threats to the State's security, particularly those emanating from Islamist, Liberal or far-Left opposition sources.The State Security was made independent of the Police Command and given legal powers of arrest, detention, and prosecution.Separate State Security Courts were set up to prosecute detainees arrested by the SSIS, separately from the regular prosecution judiciary.