Botswana Directorate On Intelligence And Security Service-Revision

Allow me to air my view concerning the bickering over the Intelligence Bill that has caused people to have chills running down their spines due to the ugly memories the intelligence gathering tends to bring along every time it is mentioned.

By now it is almost unbearable to those optimistic when just a handful of representatives and the chosen few have access to classified materials which will eventually see the disappearance of privacy and its subtopics associated with it (privacy) become just another word in the dictionary. I recently read with great interest an article in the on-line edition of one of the local newspapers' opinions/analysis. After reading it, I was left wondering, if there's already this mindset (a feeling that there is the chosen few). What will happen once this plague spreads by the time the Intelligent Law is in place, when the cup of discontent overflows. People's privacy would be a thing of the past.

We have all witnessed with the FBI and CIA the fate that will befall citizens when those in possession of that information make wrong decisions or otherwise advise wrongly when or while in pursuit of personal interest/missions. Other countries and innocent civilians are now suffering just because someone decided to cloak or alter the facts from those who are tasked with decision-making and ultimately leading to impromptu unwise decisions. To that end, civilians face the ugly fate of terrorism. Codes that clearly state that obedience to the laws of the country and subordination to the rule of law, and compliance with democratic values such as respect for human rights, should be a high priority to all those who will be fortunate enough to be in the Intelligence Unit.

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