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The Mail & Guardian lodged a complaint with the inspector general of intelligence this week following sustained evidence that its journalists were snooped on and harassed by state agents.
The M&G wants the inspector general, Zolile Ngcakani, to investigate, inter alia: M&G journalists and the outgoing editor featuring on the “Zuma tapes”; M&G journalists being falsely accused of receiving the original leak of the Browse “Mole” report, using or selling drugs and one being an apartheid agent; a plan to plant drugs on one M&G journalist; and the abuse of specialised police capacity, including a police intelligence front company, to investigate the M&G on a trivial complaint.
The Intelligence Oversight Act empowers Ngcakani to investigate abuses of power by the intelligence services.
In a 25-page letter to him we highlight incidents spanning six years that undermined the freedom of the media and the public¹s right to know.
Ngcakani¹s office said he would respond formally after considering our complaint, details of which include:
The Zuma Tapes
The M&G has information that journalist Sam Sole, outgoing editor Ferial Haffajee and probably other M&G journalists feature on the spy recordings leaked to President Jacob Zuma’s attorney, Michael Hulley.
The intercepts apparently involve conversations beyond those immediately relevant to any conspiracy within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) against Zuma. Conversations between M&G journalists and Philip Dexter, now a Cope spokesperson, as well as late “information peddler” Bheki Jacobs allegedly also feature.
We ask Ngcakani for “full disclosure of the application for the interception directive, which resulted in M&G journalists’ communications being monitored and intercepted”.
NPA “leaks”In July last year during the trial of former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) boss Billy Masetlha it was revealed that police intelligence and the NIA had drawn up a report on leaks from the NPA.
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This is realy becoming a disturbig trent!
The M&G wants the inspector general, Zolile Ngcakani, to investigate, inter alia: M&G journalists and the outgoing editor featuring on the “Zuma tapes”; M&G journalists being falsely accused of receiving the original leak of the Browse “Mole” report, using or selling drugs and one being an apartheid agent; a plan to plant drugs on one M&G journalist; and the abuse of specialised police capacity, including a police intelligence front company, to investigate the M&G on a trivial complaint.
The Intelligence Oversight Act empowers Ngcakani to investigate abuses of power by the intelligence services.
In a 25-page letter to him we highlight incidents spanning six years that undermined the freedom of the media and the public¹s right to know.
Ngcakani¹s office said he would respond formally after considering our complaint, details of which include:
The Zuma Tapes
The M&G has information that journalist Sam Sole, outgoing editor Ferial Haffajee and probably other M&G journalists feature on the spy recordings leaked to President Jacob Zuma’s attorney, Michael Hulley.
The intercepts apparently involve conversations beyond those immediately relevant to any conspiracy within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) against Zuma. Conversations between M&G journalists and Philip Dexter, now a Cope spokesperson, as well as late “information peddler” Bheki Jacobs allegedly also feature.
We ask Ngcakani for “full disclosure of the application for the interception directive, which resulted in M&G journalists’ communications being monitored and intercepted”.
NPA “leaks”In July last year during the trial of former National Intelligence Agency (NIA) boss Billy Masetlha it was revealed that police intelligence and the NIA had drawn up a report on leaks from the NPA.
Link
This is realy becoming a disturbig trent!