The proliferation of government security and intelligence services in Botswana is emerging as one of the most serious internal security threats facing the country, The Patriot on Sunday has learnt.Sources within the state security apparatus have revealed that there is growing tension and mistrust among them which could threaten the country’s peace and tranquillity. The tension is said to have been exacerbated by the recent establishment of Tourism Intelligence Unit, which is said to be arming itself to the teeth. Information gathered by this publication have revealed that TIU, which is under the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), is currently arming itself with weapons of war even before it could be recognised as a disciplined force. In an interview recently Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Tshekedi Khama confirmed that they have an intelligence unit which deals with poaching and its related crimes. “Ours is highly specialised as it deals with wildlife while others deals with multiples issues,” he said adding that theirs is the best. The recruitment of highly trained deputy commander of BDF Major General Otisitswe Tiroyamodimo and BDF Special Forces personnel by DWNP is said to not settling well with the BDF anti-poaching Unit. Recently…