This thug army is only as good as its most trusted inner soldier and that can be infiltrated. I suspect that when the Revolution hits, many of them will be dealt a most unpleasant fate as has happened in the past. Of course, the KGB-trained dictator is the most dangerous because he has used all the instruments of spying on his own people to maintain power but now he's coming up against the Information Age and has really screwed the pooch.