Draft intelligence law requires spies to vet founders of new security companies – and churches

[lkpat]

A draft intelligence law requires spies to vet founders of new security companies – and churches | News24

New proposed intelligence legislation will subject people wanting to start a non-governmental organisation to a 'security competence test', allow the minister responsible for state security to make 'information security' regulations and allow mass communications surveillance.

www.news24.com

• NGOs, religious organisations, and security companies would have to be vetted by intelligence agencies.
• This is a requirement under the General Intelligence Law Amendment Bill, which intends to restructure the State Security Agency into a domestic intelligence agency and an international intelligence service.
• The bill also provides for “bulk surveillance of international signals” and would allow the minister to make regulations on, amongst other things, “information security”.

 

[now05ster]

There's no head scratch reaction emoji.

 

[RedViking]

Vetted by criminals.

 

[Currantly]

[...]an international intelligence service.

 

[Solarion]

Intercepting of communications to and from SA. The NGO proposal is similar to laws in Russia and China, which impose restrictions and security tests on NGOs. Russia's 'foreign agent' law requires NGOs receiving foreign funding and engaged in 'political activities' to register as 'foreign agents', subjecting them to increased scrutiny. Without proper oversight though all of the above powers can be abused.

 

[The Trutherizer]

What Zuma did to the country's intelligence services was a horror show. So bad for our country.

Nothing here seems untoward to me in principle. How such powers will then be used is the question.

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Lol...

General Intelligence Law Amendment Bill,

 

[wingnut771]

Intercepting of communications to and from SA. The NGO proposal is similar to laws in Russia and China, which impose restrictions and security tests on NGOs. Russia's 'foreign agent' law requires NGOs receiving foreign funding and engaged in 'political activities' to register as 'foreign agents', subjecting them to increased scrutiny. Without proper oversight though all of the above powers can be abused.

Like Gun Free SA?

 

[TheChamp]

Good, i am glad they remembered the churches. With the NGOs it has always been clear that some are pushing nefarious agendas.

 

[Oldfut]

Good, i am glad they remembered the churches. With the NGOs it has always been clear that some are pushing nefarious agendas.

So Boesak bad?

 

[Stokstert]

Good, i am glad they remembered the churches. With the NGOs it has always been clear that some are pushing nefarious agendas.

So nefarious that the ANC had to bomb the churches?

 

[wingnut771]

Good, i am glad they remembered the churches. With the NGOs it has always been clear that some are pushing nefarious agendas.

 

[Matata]

Intercepting of communications to and from SA. The NGO proposal is similar to laws in Russia and China, which impose restrictions and security tests on NGOs. Russia's 'foreign agent' law requires NGOs receiving foreign funding and engaged in 'political activities' to register as 'foreign agents', subjecting them to increased scrutiny. Without proper oversight though all of the above powers can be abused.

Luckily we are still far away from the window stage.

 

[Solarion]

Luckily we are still far away from the window stage.

At this rate it gets further away each day; a hole well dug.

 

[lkpat]

This is how it all started in countries like Romania.

 

[ForceFate]

This should've been the case from the beginning. How do you allow "unknown" characters access to weapons?

 

[Tokolotshe]

This should've been the case from the beginning. How do you allow "unknown" characters access to weapons?

Which weapons?

Dig, NMap, Bind, WHOIS ... ?