DA demands independant judicial commission of enquiry

Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has written to President Thabo Mbeki to request that he urgently establish an independent judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the mandate and activities of the national intelligence structure. Leon said during a media conference at parliament yesterday that the investigation should include the national intelligence agency and make specific reference to recent findings by the inspector general of intelligence. These findings were that the NIA bugged the official opposition's parliamentary offices, along with those of several other key political figures.