Uribe gave orders during wiretap scandal: Former intelligence executive
Uribe gave orders during wiretap scandal: Former intelligence executive
posted by Marcus Sales
Sep 10, 2013
A former deputy director of the DAS on Tuesday accused former President Alvaro Uribe of giving the orders that led to the wiretap scandal.
The scandal broke in 2009, as it was revealed that the DAS, the now-defunct intelligence agency, had been carrying out a campaign of wiretaps and surveillance on political opponents, the Supreme Court, human rights organizations and journalists.
Speaking before the criminal chamber of the Supreme Court, former Intelligence director Fernando Tabares said that in September 2007 he attended a meeting with then Director of the intelligence agency, Martha Leal and uribe’s chief of staff, Bernardo Moreno, in which he was told the President required intelligence regarding Supreme Court justices, congressmen and journalists.
“I was told that it was a direct order from the President of the Republic,” said Tabares when questioned by the prosecution. The head of state had requested to “be kept informed on these issues,” added the former spy chief.
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Fernando Tabares can kiss his ass goodbye as soon as it's convenient. What a shame.