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South Africa: Leaked Spy Docs Put SA's Security in Jeopardy - Cabinet
SAnews.gov.za, 5 March 2015
Cabinet has condemned the recent leak of South African security documents, saying it undermines the country's security and diplomatic relations. Read more »
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South Africa: SA Spies Removal Denied - Report
SAPA, 1 March 2015
The State Security Agency (SSA) has denied that a charter jet was sent to "extract" at least four senior intelligence agents from their posts in Africa following the leaked… Read more »
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South Africa: Dismissive Reply From Jsci On the "Spy Cable" Scandal Is Not Good Enough
DA, 2 March 2015
I have written to the Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), Connie September, taking her to task over what amounts to a perfunctory and dismissive… Read more »
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South Africa: Spy Cables, Kumi Naidoo and Big Bad Nuclear - Why the Deep State Is Watching You
Daily Maverick, 27 February 2015
There's been a lot of discussion over the course of the week regarding the dramatically named "Spy Cables" [insert own theme music and/or 'War on Spy Cables' CNN graphics here]. As… Read more »
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South Africa: Secret Satellite Surveillance Programme & Privacy Concerns Revealed in New Spy Cables Dump By Al Jazeera
DA, 26 February 2015
Last night Al Jazeera's investigative unit released classified documents from within the State Security Agency (SSA) revealing: Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Launches Probe into 'Spy Cables' Leak
SAPA, 25 February 2015
An investigation into the leaking of classified security documents by broadcaster Al Jazeera is under way, State Security Minister David Mahlobo said on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa: We Need a Full-Scale Investigation Into the 'Spy Cable' Exposé Involving the Ssa
DA, 25 February 2015
We welcome the fact that the Minister of State Security, David Mahlobo, has finally "surfaced" and made a public statement on the "spy cable" exposé involving the State… Read more »
Leaked Spy Documents 'Put South Africa's Security in Jeopardy'
The country's intelligence service, the State Security Agency, is facing the biggest leak in its history. Hundreds of secret documents were digitally leaked to Doha-based broadcaster Al Jazeera, which started publishing stories called the Spy Cables.
South Africa's intelligence service, the SSA (State Security Agency), is facing the biggest leak in its history. Hundreds of secret documents were digitally leaked to Doha-based broadcaster Al Jazeera and to the British newspaper The Guardian. Both have started publishing stories this week taken from what they call the "Spy Cables."
