But every complaint to the Inspector General of Intelligence is still pending, years later.
It's hard to overstate how rare a thing that is. To date, we know of only one intelligence official who has ever been prosecuted for surveillance abuses.
Rather, we need to ask ourselves what made these structures – which claim to protect us from existential threats – bend so easily towards one man's self-interest? And, what must be done to prevent it from happening again? The panel has, of course, many useful policy recommendations, such as better safeguards, stronger oversight, and vastly more transparency .
You're right, the secrecy, the paranoia, the relentless march of SA towards a PoliceState in which its own citizens are spied upon, is more than the fault of the Zuma era: It is the fault of the ANC, which is politically intolerant & obsessed with secrecy!
I still have that spied upon feeling.Where can I get compensation of say R5milj to get rid of the sensation? waiting in anticapation since 1994.
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