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# The Global Intelligence Files

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## Re: Wikileaks exposes SA spy boss

Released on 2012-02-28 15:00 GMT

Email-ID | 5041325
Date | 2011-01-24 17:06:40
From | nhtaylor1998@yahoo.com
To | mark.schroeder@stratfor.com

oops, probably should not have said her name...
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From: Mark Schroeder <mark.schroeder@stratfor.com>
To: Nate Taylor <nhtaylor1998@yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 9:55:39 AM
Subject: Wikileaks exposes SA spy boss
guess who the "unidentified" political officer is, and the Oct. 2009
meeting is about the same time we were all meeting (coincidence?). the
news24 link to the original cable turns up blank. we're still looking for
another way to get the original cable.
Wikileaks exposes SA spy boss
2011-01-23 09:19
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Wikileaks-exposes-SA-spy-boss-20110123
Johannesburg - An explosive Wikileaks cable claims that spy boss and
President Jacob Zuma confidante Moe Shaik threatened to expose the
a**political skeletonsa** of Zumaa**s enemies and reveals that he was
cultivated by the Americans as a key informant within the Zuma camp.
The fresh revelations are likely to shake the Zuma administration as they
involve one of the presidenta**s key allies and the man tasked with
running the countrya**s secret service. They give new insight into the
bitter battle which took place between Zumaa**s allies and those aligned
to former President Thabo Mbeki prior to Mbekia**s ousting.
The confidential US Embassy diplomatic cable a** titled Zuma advisor
threatens to expose political skeletons- claims South African Secret
Service boss Shaik, brother of convicted fraudster and Zuma funder
Schabir, told the Americans that Zumaa**s legal team would subpoena the
countrya**s most influential figures if he lost a bid to have corruption
charges against him a**re-examineda**.
The cable said he named Mbeki, the then suspended police commissioner
Jackie Selebi, former director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli, then
acting head of public prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe as well as former
Speaker Frene Ginwala as targets.
Shaik has refused to confirm or deny the claims.
The cable a** one of 250 000 leaked to Whistleblower website Wikileaks but
obtained exclusively by Media24 Investigations a** also reveals that the
US Embassy in Pretoria actively cultivated Shaik as a key source of
information on Zumaa**s inner circle and the a**motivations and strategies
of the Zuma campa**.
Dated September 10 2008, two days before corruption charges against Zuma
were initially dismissed by Judge Chris Nicholson, the cable was sent to
the Secretary of State in Washington DC and copied to US consuls in Durban
and Cape Town, the CIA, the US Defence Intelligence Agency and the White
House National Security Council.
It is one of a number of classified cables recording meetings between
Shaik a** who was controversially appointed head of the South African
Secret Service (SASS), South Africaa**s foreign intelligence wing, in
October 2009 - and an unidentified US embassy political officer.
a**Shaik complained that all these people know Zuma is innocent and that
he does not understand why they have not come to Zumaa**s defence before
now,a** the cable noted.
Shared insights
The cable noted that a**as usuala** Shaik treated the political officer or
a**PolOffa** as a**a friend, a child, a confidante, and an adversary all
in the same conversationa**.
a**He always shares insights into the motivations and strategies of the
Zuma camp, but also expects obvious respect and gratitude for it."
a**PolOff does not know if Shaik meets with other diplomats, but presumes
his contact within the diplomatic circle is limited."
a**The Australian High Commissioner mentioned he had met Shaik once
before...and Shaik admitted he spoke to the Norwegians but did not say if
this was on a regular or one-time basis.a**
The cable notes that Shaik a**used to meet with the French, but cut them
off after a French diplomat insulted him immediately before the ANC
conference at Polokwanea**.
Ousting Mbeki
The political officer reported that the Irish ambassador had approached
her to arrange a meeting with Shaik after seeing her and Shaik in a
restaurant together, a**but Shaik refused, telling PolOff she should guard
her contacts more closelya**.
A source familiar with Shaika**s interaction with the US diplomats claimed
this week that Shaik had been tasked with winning diplomats over to the
idea of a Zuma presidency.
An earlier confidential cable, dated May 16 2008 speculated a** after a
meeting with Shaik a** that the a**Zuma camp may be looking to oust
Mbekia**.
In a cable, dated June 4 2009, that focused on President Zumaa**s new
cabinet, Shaik is said to have described the appointments of various
presidential advisers, among them Collins Chabane a** now minister in the
presidency for performance monitoring, Ayanda Dlodlo a** now deputy
minister of public service and administration, Mandisi Mpahlwa a** now
envoy to Moscow, Lindiwe Zulu, Zumaa**s international affairs advisor and
Bonisiwe Makhene as concessions to a**keep them quieta**.
No comment
Contacted this week, Shaik said: a**I will neither confirm nor deny that
we had discussions with the Americans on these matters and I will
definitely make no comment about the accuracy of those reports. The
Americans must deal with accuracy.a**
US embassy spokesperson Elizabeth Kennedy-Trudeau said the embassy would
not confirm or comment on the contents or veracity of a**stolen
documentsa**.
a**The nature of cables in themselves is that these are one persona**s
interpretation of a meeting, not official US public policy. The
circumstances, because of the very nature of spot reporting are open to
interpretation.a**