McBride to head SA’s foreign security branch abroad
Robert McBride, former head of the police watchdog body Ipid, has been appointed director the State Security Agency’s foreign branch. The position means he will direct SA’s intelligence gathering outside the country’s borders. His appointment to head SA’s foreign intelligence also comes about a year after his term as head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) was not renewed. As head of the police watchdog, McBride was at loggerheads […]