Spy boss Arthur Fraser says he is victim of ‘malicious’ investigation
Spy boss Arthur Fraser insists he was safeguarding South Africa’s national security when he revoked the security clearance of the inspector-general of intelligence – who he has slammed for conducting a "malicious" fraud and corruption investigation into him. In an affidavit filed at the Pretoria High Court on Friday‚ Director-General of the State Security Agency (SSA) Fraser has vehemently denied damning allegations made against him in author Jacques Pauw’s book "The President’s Keepers". The book alleged that Fraser set up a network of agents‚ including his own relatives‚ which could have wasted up to a billion rand of taxpayers’ money. Pauw also suggested Fraser could be guilty of treason for setting up a home computer server into which reports were fed. But Fraser has denied "any suggestion that I acted unlawfully or issued tenders to my family"‚ and has accused Inspector-General of Intelligence Setlhomamaru Dintwe of trying to "re-investigate" allegations that were already probe...
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