Former State Security Agency (SSA) boss Thulani Dlomo's failed attempt at being reinstated to the spook outfit stands as a stark reminder that during his tenure and under his direction, the agency acted as a law unto itself.
Dlomo, accused of plundering the agency's coffers, establishing a parallel intelligence structure to protect former president Jacob Zuma, and heading up rogue operations, approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to challenge his dismissal.
Evidence led before the State Capture Commission sketched a shadowy character who flouted regulations and laws to pursue a political agenda and had access to vast sums of money and high-powered weapons.