The main objective of the review panel was to assist in ensuring a responsible and accountable national intelligence capability for the country.
The report of the special review panel panel on the State Security Agency has revealed “political malpurposing and factionalisation of the intelligence community” over the past decade or more that has resulted in an almost complete disregard for the Constitution, policy, legislation, and other prescripts, the presidency said on Saturday.
“It proposes the urgent development of a national security strategy as an overriding basis for redefining and refining the concepts, values, policies, practices, and architecture involved in South Africa’s approach to security. This review should consider the separation of the SSA into two services – a domestic and a foreign service – with prudent delineation of scope,” it said.
The report had been redacted for public consumption in view of the fact that the full report contained the names and identities of persons who could not be named at this point, as well as details of operational matters that would compromise the work of the SSA, the presidency said. The main objective of the review panel was to assist in ensuring a responsible and accountable national intelligence capability for the country in line with the Constitution and relevant legislation.
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