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The Statistics and Data Collection Group, also known as the Tlapepexoniliztli Coyahualiztlimeh Olochtli or TCLO, is the main civilian intelligence agency of Zacapican and the sole component of the Secretariat of Intelligence. The positions of Director of the TCLO and the Secretary of Intelligence are frequently held by the same person, leading to control of the diverse operations of the TCLO to be delegated to high ranking deputies of the Secretary-Director. Together, the heads of each of the seven subdivisions of the TCLO form a de facto governing body of the agency informally known as the Teuctlatoa Chicomotequihuaque (lit. "Court of Seven Councilors") which oversees the TCLO and advises the their Director on new developments on a daily basis, as he or she will often be preoccupied with their duties as Secretary of Intelligence to maintain direct oversight personally. This also serves as a device for counter-espionage, as this unusual organizational structure creates a compartmentalized environment in which it can be difficult even for officers high in the ranks to access information not pertaining to their section within the TCLO, frustrating attempts at espionage by infiltration. (See more...)