The Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) would like to express disappointment in the deliberate misinformation contained in media reports alleging ill-treatment of the Former President Lt Gen. Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama. Among the issues cited are allegations claiming malicious withdrawal of certain government vehicles and protection staff. It has to be noted that the Directorate is responsible for the security details of His Excellency the President and immediate family members, His Honour the Vice President and immediate family members as well as Former Presidents and their immediate family members. In discharging this mandate, the DIS from time to time conducts security threat assessment of all VIP’s eligible for such protection as established by Intelligence and Security Service Act. This review informs the Department on how to deploy resources for the protection of such VIPs. This exercise may result in the scaling up or reduction of security details and resources. The latest assessment conducted pointed to, among other things; an inexplicable disparity in the deployment of resources between the two Former Presidents, hence the need to normalize and rationalize to keep them at par. However, the exercise did not only result in scaling down of resources since in other…