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New York, August 3—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply troubled by South Africa's proposed Interception and Monitoring Bill, which empowers the police, the National Defense Force, the Intelligence Agency, and the Secret Service to "establish, equip, operate and maintain monitoring centers." If adopted, the legislation would allow the government to monitor electronic and…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif