South African Secret Service
- South African Secret Service
Infobox Government agency
agency_name = South African Secret Service
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formed = 1 January 1995
preceding1 = National Intelligence Service
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jurisdiction = Government of South Africa
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minister1_name = Ronnie Kasrils
minister1_pfo = Minister for Intelligence Services
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chief1_name = Hilton A. Dennis
chief1_position = Director-General
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website = [http://www.sass.gov.za/ www.sass.gov.za]
footnotes =The South African Secret Service (SASS) is a South African intelligence agency. It is responsible for all non-military foreign intelligence and for counterintelligence within the Service itself. The Service is run by a Director-General, who is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee (NICOC), to which he reports.
History
The SASS was formed in 1995 following South African first democractic elections. It was created to take over the foreign intelligence functions of the now-defunct National Intelligence Service (NIS), with the domestic intelligence responsibilities taken up by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Both the SASS and NIA were created as part of the Intelligence Act of 1994.
Current status
Unsurprisingly, the Service is extremely secretive about its operations, and thus few details reach the public. However, when taking current South African policy and concerns into account, it appears the attentions of the SASS are currently focused on two main areas: The activities of Al-Qaeda and similar groups abroad in relation to South Africa's security, and the activities of illegal South African mercenaries, most especially in parts of Africa and Iraq.
ee also
*National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee
*National Intelligence Agency
External links
* [http://www.sass.gov.za/ Official SASS site]
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