Directorate of Intelligence and Security

{{Short description|National intelligence agency of Botswana}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Directorate of Intelligence and Security

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| abbreviation = DIS

| established = 2007

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| purpose = Cyberwarfare
Counterintelligence
Internal security
Intelligence agency
Security agency

| region_served = Botswana

| leader_title = Director General

| leader_name = Brigadier Peter Magosi

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| budget = BWP 40 million PER annum

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| formerly = Directorate on Intelligence and Security Services

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| parent_organization = Government of Botswana

| num_staff = Undisclosed

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The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) is the internal intelligence agency of Botswana founded under the Intelligence and Security Service Act which commenced in 2008.{{Cite web|title=INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY SERVICE {{!}} Alphabetical List of Statutes|url=https://botswanalaws.com/alphabetical-list-of-statutes/intelligence-and-security-service|access-date=2021-01-20|website=botswanalaws.com}} The DIS was formed to oversee matters of the counterintelligence and internal security of Botswana.{{Cite web|last=Mosinyi|first=Thato|date=23 July 2020|title=Directorate restructures|url=https://dailynews.gov.bw/news-detail/57353|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Daily News Botswana}} The DIS has investigative jurisdiction to arrest or detain and interrogate over a wide range of criminal offenses.{{Cite journal|last=Maundeni|first=Zibani|date=2008|title=Vision 2016 and Reforming the Intelligence in Botswana|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41236039|journal=Botswana Notes and Records|volume=40|pages=135–146|jstor=41236039 |issn=0525-5090}}