Without doubt the secrecy surrounding the operations of the National Security apparatus and for good reason has lost its cover.
The restricted files as it were are scattered on social media as though they are pages of a newspaper.
Knowing the background of Kwabena Adu Boahene, the spy chief, he would be the last person to be making the disclosures he is making in the light of the media trial the Attorney General Dominic Ayine subjected him to a few weeks ago.
Only novices about national security’s covert operations will be surprised at some of the disclosures the spy chief made when he got irritated about the negative labels pasted on his image by the Attorney General.
Of course the negative labels earned him public ire, which was the desire of the Attorney General anyway.
For a lawyer of the Attorney General’s status to accuse a suspect in the public space before his appearance in court is the height of propaganda. No wonder the spy chief has decided on a court action.
There is a portion of the operations as disclosed by the spy chief which has especially infuriated members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) — the sponsorship of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the run-up to the 2024 polls and the purchase of a vehicle for the President-elect John Mahama.
While only the spy chief is the best person to defend this, party faithful will continue to regard the gesture as a stab in the back.
Some national security operations, because of their complexities and their impact on the national interest, might be difficult to comprehend.
Be it as it may, we too cannot fathom the reason behind this operation—supporting the then NDC with financial support?
Such an explanation, if it has traction, might again bring to the open matters of national security which are best left in the dark in the national interest.
Considering how the Attorney General seeks to spice the running of his office with propaganda through the press conference trial of former government appointees, we would demand further particulars as to how come public funds were used to support the NDC campaign.
Should we as a people make another attempt at interrogating the proposal of funding political parties?
It is a proposal which lost traction when it was made.
If however it has to be confined to the national security apparatus to deal with the way it deems, we must be given the necessary convincing education. Until that is done, we can only follow the development from the spy chief in awe.
Blowing GH¢8.3 million on the NDC by a spy agency needs sufficient explanation to make sense.
If such an amount of money is spent in restoring peace in Bawku through the engagement of leading figures in the feuding ethnic groups, it would make sense, not however on an opposition party in the run-up to a national election.
Opposition party faithful are livid and want to learn more but would the classified documents be declassified just because the people want to learn more? The Attorney General caused it all.
