Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der says there have been no dis­cus­sions on who the prospec­tive can­di­dates are to per­ma­nent­ly fill the role of di­rec­tor of the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA).

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Alexan­der re­spond­ed to the re­moval of Arthur Bar­ring­ton as head of the in­tel­li­gence-gath­er­ing arm of home­land se­cu­ri­ty.

While he did not pro­vide any fur­ther de­tails as to what prompt­ed Bar­ring­ton’s re­moval, Alexan­der con­firmed that the agency’s deputy di­rec­tor, Roger Mc­Clean, would act as head for the next three months.