(World Tribune) "Palestine ranked seventh in the general index, and was the country that recorded the second largest drop in its score in the general index compared to 2008," the report said. The report said PA security forces were seeing an increase in funding, training, equipment and intelligence, particularly by the U.S. "On the negative side, however, the other PA security agencies - intelligence and preventive security - resorted to arbitrary detentions and mistreatment of detainees including torture with the full knowledge of and alleged encouragement from foreign intelligence agencies such as the CIA," the report said. "It can thus be said that the outside players had a negative impact on the democratization of the security sector." The PA also scored zero in government accountability.
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