Directorate_of_Intelligence_and_Security

Directorate of Intelligence and Security

Directorate of Intelligence and Security

National Intelligence of Botswana

The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) is the internal intelligence agency of Botswana founded under the Intelligence and Security Service Act which commenced in 2008.[1] The DIS was formed to oversee matters of the counterintelligence and internal security of Botswana.[2] The DIS has investigative jurisdiction to arrest or detain and interrogate over a wide range of criminal offenses.[3]

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The Director General for the Agency is Brigadier Peter Magosi who was previously on the Special Forces for the Botswana Defence Force before being appointed to the agency in 2018.[4] Edward Robert is the Public relations officer of the DIS

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY SERVICE | Alphabetical List of Statutes". botswanalaws.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    Mosinyi, Thato (23 July 2020). "Directorate restructures". Daily News Botswana. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    Maundeni, Zibani (2008). "Vision 2016 and Reforming the Intelligence in Botswana". Botswana Notes and Records. 40: 135–146. ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 41236039.
  4. [4]
    "Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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