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The GuardianPublished January 26, 2015
By Jonathan Watts
Argentine government moves to dissolve domestic intelligence agency
Argentinas president announced a major shakeup of her countrys intelligence network on Monday in her most combative step yet to address the fallout from the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
In her first televised address since the prosecutors body was found at his apartment on 18 January, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said she would support a bill to dissolve the existing structure which employs more than 2,000 people and replace it with a new federal intelligence agency.
It follows a protracted struggle with the intelligence agency that has come to light after the suspicious death of Nisman, which the president blames on rogue spies who are trying to undermine her.
Government officials have pointed the finger of blame at spies whom they say were working with Nisman and feeding him wiretap information.
Chief among them is Antonio Stiusso, who until last month was the general director of operations and eavesdropped on the presidents political opponents. He was fired when Fernández discovered he was working with Nisman to build a case against her. He is believed to be in the U.S.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/27/argentina-government-domestic-intelligence-agency-alberto-nisman
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
forest444
(5,902 posts)Although in today's Argentina, where National Enquirer politics frames nearly all public affairs discussions, they'll probably go for character assassination, rather than a physical one.
Judi Lynn
(160,547 posts)This is an excellent idea, hope it will be successful.
Great article, forest. Thank you.
forest444
(5,902 posts)It's no silver bullet, but it should at least put them under some measure of civilian review.
Much like J. Edgar "Mary" Hoover in his day, Argentina's SIDE has successfully resisted any serious reform in the entire 31 years since the dictatorship left power basically by employing extortion or, typically, just the threat of extortion. Even the otherwise brave Raúl Alfonsín (whose Trial of the Juntas in 1985 marked the first time in history a former dictatorship was tried by a civilian successor) wouldn't touch them. Whatever else can be said about her, this is one brave lady.