UN, Colombia government demand explanation over ‘peace sabotage attempts’ by military
UN, Colombia government demand explanation over ‘peace sabotage attempts’ by military
Oct 29, 2014 posted by Piotr Wojciak
In the aftermath of reports on a Military Intelligence list containing email addresses of more than 300 journalists, government officials and activists, Colombia’s government and judicial authorities, and the United Nations demanded clarifications and reforms.
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In spite of Army officials’ reassurance about steps taken to investigate the situation and prevent similar events from happening in the future, the political backlash of the fourth alleged case of illegal wiretapping seemed inevitable.
Prosecution officials took the lead on Wednesday, announcing an immediate inspection at the premises of the Central Military Intelligence.
The inspectors of the prosecution’s technical unit will gather documents and technical information on the database with email addresses.
One strand of the investigation will look into a potential connection between the members of central intelligence who were behind the list and Andres Fernando Sepulveda, a hacker admittedly bought classified information to be used during the presidential elections between sitting President Juan Manuel Santos and Sepulveda’s boss, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/public-backlash-peace-sabotage-attempts-new-spy-controversy/