2011 Annual Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner
9.4.1. Ambassador Faith Radebe, Inspector-General of Intelligence, Republic of
South Africa
I met with a delegation from South Africa led by Ambassador Faith Radebe in 2011. Ambassador
Radebe, a lawyer by profession and former High Commissioner to the Caribbean, took up the
post of inspector General in April 2010.There were particular issues of shared interest that I was
able to discuss with the Inspector-General, which included our respective national interception
frameworks, our respective mandates, legislation covering the oversight of intelligence services,
the balance of parliamentary and independent oversight, accountability structures, access to
information, tasking and future collaborations.
9.4.2.Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC)
The President and Vice-President of the IPT and I hosted members of the Canadian Security
Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) in November 2011. SIRC is an Independent external
review body which reports to the Canadian Parliament on the performance of the Canadian
Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS). We were able to discuss how in many ways SIRC played
an analogous role to the IPT, the commissioners and, in terms of its focus on conducting thematic
reviews, the ISC. The meeting focussed on the mechanics of my oversight function, challenges
around protecting sensitive information, how I assured myself of compliance at those agencies I
oversee, and my levels of interaction with other intelligence and security bodies. I was happy to
share my views on these matters.
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