Naturally this means that the media and the intelligence are never friends, especially in circumstances where functional democracy is deficient. I have been writing a series of opinion articles on the current fracas engulfing our intelligence community and my focus was particularly on the functions of the Military Intelligence. Last week, I decided to give them some respite in order that I may follow through Lt. Gen. Galebotswe’s persuasion for more funding of the military by parliament. This was a deliberate move because I brought in something positive for the BDF to appreciate and hopefully give me positive feedback on my support to the commander. And I received none.
I deliberately chose to give MI a one week break before the end of my episodes because intelligence information had filtered through to me, and of course to the media fraternity, through reliable conduits that a group of Colonels at BDF HQ were having sleepless nights on my writings and were even trying to piece together some information to discredit my claims on my association with the Military Intelligence. They are working around the clock to unearth my past to discredit my present. What past? When I left BDF I was decorated with an enviable medal of honour, The Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). In the past years, soldiers were often despised as an uneducated bunch of fellows. But that’s no longer the case. BDF has a pool of one of the most educated group of people within the government establishment. And it really leaves me speechless to think that they didn’t understand my claims. Let me reiterate! My association with intelligence operatives was established while I was in charge of welfare at BDF. Through counselling, I came to appreciate the intricacy of this secret society. Even after leaving, I still receive calls for counselling from some of these agents and operatives and I have only accepted that it shows I was so good. I cited the infiltration of the BNF by MI and got this from my clients and I wish BDF could openly deny the fact that they their intelligence arm has been working in cohorts with the ruling party. More is in store and they must only appreciate that I am not mentioning names of their operatives for security reasons, my client’s security.
