00:00 The revelations of a possible security threat tied to this Malabar church,
00:04 the Jerusalem Bride Church, triggered a series of events at the Strategic Security Agency, the SSA,
00:10 including the disciplinary action taken against at least six SSA employees on Tuesday,
00:16 including Director of Deputy Intelligence, Joan Daniel. These employees were also members of the
00:21 church. Director of the SSA, Major Roger Best, who was sent on administrative leave almost
00:27 two weeks ago, was an elder of the church. He was reportedly sent on administrative leave
00:32 for questionable recruitment practices of church members. Based on intelligence obtained,
00:38 it is believed that some of the members of this church who were positioned in the country's elite
00:42 security intelligence agency, the SSA, were poised to be part of this takeover plot and were what
00:49 sources say was the major security threat to the country that Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley may
00:54 have alluded to last week. TV6 News reported last night and in the Trinidad Express Today that
01:00 questions were raised about the membership of this church, which comprised at least 30% of
01:05 individuals from various law enforcement agencies. Pastor Brown had refused to answer questions
01:10 about members who were specially invited to join the church with mainly a military background.
01:15 The head of the church, Pastor Ian Brown, on Monday said he was an SRP hired by the Trinidad
01:20 and Tobago Police Service and worked for the SSA as a spy. However, sources say he was supposedly
01:26 an advisor to the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Joanne Daniel, as well as what they termed a
01:30 prophetic advisor to SSA head, Major Roger Best. Brown said he was paid a salary of $10,000 a month
01:37 at the SSA, but sources TV6 News spoke with over the last few days stated that his salary started
01:43 at that amount in May 2023, but two months later he received a salary closer to $25,000.
01:49 As the police intensified their multi-pronged approach to the investigation, several employees
01:54 faced disciplinary action on Tuesday following a meeting with Acting SSA Director Brigadier Anthony
02:00 Phillips Spencer at the SSA head office in the Knowles Building around the Queen's Park Savannah.
02:05 Sources confirmed that apart from Daniel, who had certain privileges revoked,
02:09 the son of Pastor Ian Brown, Jahiel Brown, a pastor who works at the SSA,
02:14 also had disciplinary action taken against him and several of his privileges revoked.
02:18 Sources say two female employees also had disciplinary action taken against them,
02:23 one of them being the secretary to the director.
02:25 Sources told TV6 News that some of the employees had been suspended. Police say they are also
02:31 trying to piece together recent investigations into the murder of Andy Daniel that could possibly
02:36 have an SSA link. Daniel was shot and killed on the Caroney Flyover on November 11th last year.
02:42 Mark Besant, TV6 News.
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