Uribe should testify over DAS wiretapping scandal: state attorney
Uribe should testify over DAS wiretapping scandal: state attorney
Mar 12, 2014 posted by Andrew Wight
The lawyers defending former Presidential Chief of Staff Bernardo Moreno on charges relating to illegal wiretapping are insisting former President Alvaro Uribe give testimony.
The scandal in question broke in 2009, when it was revealed that the now-defunct DAS intelligence agency had been carrying out a campaign of warrantless wiretaps and surveillance targeting political opponents, Supreme Court justices, human rights organizations and journalists.
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“It is important, useful, and adds meaningful value to the defense. It is necessary to be able to listen to Uribe, who at the crucial time, was serving as president of the republic,” defender Jaime Granados said.
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The scandal, dubbed the Colombian Watergate, implicated numerous high-ranking officials, including Moreno and Uribe. Moreno has been on trial for going on two years now. The former president, though, under ongoing investigation by Congress for his role in the scandal, has never been formally charged with any crime.
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http://colombiareports.co/uribe-testify-das-wiretapping-scandal-state-attorney/
Just like Pinochet, he appears to think he's entitled to protection he plans to get by hiding from justice in the country's Senate. Simply pathetic.