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When a leader has deployed a private army, that is one definition of a police state. Another is when the president, or a leader, has his own treasury.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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