Directorate of Intelligence and Security
AbbreviationDIS
Established2007
Legal statusActive
PurposeCyberwarfare
Counterintelligence
Internal security
Intelligence agency
Security agency
Region served
Botswana
Director General
Brigadier Peter Magosi
Parent organization
Government of Botswana
Budget
Undisclosed
Staff
Undisclosed
Formerly called
Directorate on Intelligence and Security Services

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]

Organization

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. ^ "INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY SERVICE | Alphabetical List of Statutes". botswanalaws.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ Mosinyi, Thato (23 July 2020). "Directorate restructures". Daily News Botswana. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  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. ^ "Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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