Efforts by SN to learn more about intelligence centre should be applauded – WPA

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday said that the attempts by two Stabroek News reporters to find information on who heads Guyana’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) should be applauded by members of the public.

The effort by the SN reporters triggered an instruction by the Office of the President to the Guyana Police Force to investigate the matter. Police on Monday questioned the Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News, Anand Persaud and then intercepted the car that had been used to transport the reporters to the intelligence centre in the Castellani House compound and ordered the driver to Eve Leary to make a statement. This action was condemned by Persaud and the Guyana Press Association.

In a statement, the WPA said “It is important to note the secrecy that surrounds the operation of this unit which tremendously impacts the lives of Guyanese. It is also important to note that in more developed countries the agencies which are