Chronicle of a new dawn (Part 2)

Directorate of Intelligence Services
1. We note with acute concern  that in  its  two years of existence, the DIS  has  sharply divided  public opinion in our country. On the one hand  are  those who like His Excellency credit  the institution for securing  national security and all manner of  fighting  crime.

On the other  hand is a growing body of  citizens  who dismiss DIS as an instrument  of  harassment and  violation of  rights,  which considers  itself a law unto itself. An institution that  ought  to enjoy the goodwill equal to, or better than the BDF and  the Botswana Police Service  is  now  the black sheep  of  our security  community, embattled and mired in a public relations  quagmire. Many are the complaints  cited against  operatives of the DIS and their  highhandedness in  carrying out their duties.