The Thought Police (THINKPOL in Newspeak) are the secret police of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. It is the job of the Thought Police to uncover and punish thoughtcrime and thought-criminals. THINKPOL operates numerous functions for the Inner Party of INGSOC, including baiting potential dissidents, torture, the evisceration of the intelligent who may question the Party's authority, total surveillance of all through telescreen and other devises, and the complete destruction of all forces and individuals that generate independent thought. 

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