ISS
30 March 2009

Spies, Lies And Secret Tapes

Once again scandal and dirty political tricks risk tarnishing the barely recovering image of the South African intelligence community. Three years ago the Billy Masethla/ hoax e-mail scandal rocked the South African intelligence sector, causing the then Minister for Intelligence Services, Ronnie Kasrils, to instigate the Ministerial Review Commission on Intelligence to review legislation, policies and internal regulations related to the use of intrusive methods of investigation, mechanisms of control, non-partisanship and levels of secrecy.

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