THE DIRECTOR OF the National Security Agency (NSA), James Henric Pearson, the institution at the center of the nation’s intelligence collection, dissemination and security, is no stranger to wanton attacks from individuals ever ready to bring the NSA and its function into public discredit and, therefore, ridicule. The former Deputy Information Minister for Public Affairs, Eugene L. Fahngon, finds himself in this unfortunate position.
IN JUNE 2021, President Weah dismissed Fahngon for spreading false information regarding the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, currently ravaging the country. Fahngon’s derogatory remarks against the AstraZeneca vaccines and the government’s fight against the disease were spewed on his regular Facebook live podcast. However, it seems like Fahngon has learned nothing from his misfortune, as he continues to use the same medium to spill lies against the nation’s intelligence community.
THE FORMER DEPUTY Information Minister, a few days ago alleged that the NSA was heavily involved with rigging the December 8 senatorial elections, and if Director Pearson is not dismissed it may be impossible to hold a free, fair and transparent election in 2023.
FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER Fahngon further alleged that Jake Joseph Brown, who was dismissed by the agency, was sent to the NSA by President Weah himself as an eye in the cyber intelligence department, but was suspended for two months before the December 8, 2020 election so that Director Pearson could have reception in the department to change the election numbers in favor of the opposition.
UNWAVERING IN HIS allegations, Fahngon also alleged that Pearson and the NSA are currently investigating President Weah, Minister Nathaniel McGill, Minister Samuel Tweah and NPA Director Bill Tweahway, and the report of the investigation will be submitted to the United States government—bringing the office of Director Pearson into acute repercussion, as far as the Office of President George Manneh Weah is concerned.
SINCE THE INCEPTION of the Weah-led administration in early 2018, the National Security Agency (NSA) and its Director, J. Henric Pearson, have been targets of political threats and smear campaigns by either former or active officials of government, in the face of knowing the fact that the agency and its staff are apolitical.