This was apparently done as part of an exercise to identify those who had stolen a service rifle, which was later used to commit robberies in a nearby village. This raises the question: why should the intelligence service, which is supposed to be concerned with protecting a broad spectrum of national interests, involve itself in a narrow criminal investigation of this nature, which should clearly be the exclusive responsibility of the police service?
Admittedly, the two services will need to cooperate with each other from time to time, but not on a straightforward police issue of this type.
The second report was about a gathering of police officers that was addressed by the minister responsible for defence and security, at which the minister had to parry frank and embarrassing questions regarding some members of the public who had complained to the police about having been tortured, presumably by intelligence agents who had described themselves to their victims as police officers.
