The Strategic Services Agen­cy (SSA) has a new director in the person of Arthur Barrington, for­mer head of Special Branch, effective April 1, 2025.

Prime Minister Stuart Young announced at his first post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall, Port of Spain, yesterday that Barrington has been selected by Cabinet to take over the intelligence agency.

The SSA received a major shake-up in March 2023 which saw the removal of its head Roger Best and deputy director Joanne Daniel, along with other employees, including Pastor Ian Albert Ezekiel Brown, amid allegations of a plot to establish a military-style pro-Christian government.