The Director General of the National Intelligence Organization Terence Frawley has spoken out about a leak of a National Report that was released to media recently.
Frawley said this during the morning session of the 5th Special Parliamentary Committee Hearing and added that the document was only circulated to the Office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the Chief Secretary.
The Director General stated that the article in one of the newspapers that was circulated on the 16th of June was very shocking, implying that no one outside of the NIO could have had any access to those documents.
According to Frawley, local media had reported the NIO had discovered over K300million being squandered by MP’s, a claim to which the Intelligence Director denounced.
“That report was a misled statement. It was completely incorrect. Our report says unconfirmed!”
“Unconfirmed report does not mean it’s confirmed for the public to know about.”
Once discovering the leak of information, the director stated that they had to move hastily to ascertain information on the person responsible for the leak of that information.
At present, it is not determined yet as to which office the information was leaked from, but Frawley stated strongly that it did not come out of his office.
“That information did not come out from my office.”
Frawley stated that no one apart from the Director General of the NIO is allowed to release any information out to the public and will instigate an investigation to find the mole.
Any persons found to have released documents pertaining to National Security apart from the Director General will be charged for Breach of security Under Part 9 of the National Intelligence Organization Act of 1984, Sect. 49 Sub-sect. 1 clause (a) and (b).