Colombia Spying Scandal Grows
Bogota -The espionage scandal in Colombia''s
Security Administrative Department (DAS)
continues to grow after new revelations that
call the Colombian government credibility
into question.
Semana magazine published that the DAS
continues spying on judges, presidential
candidates, officials and politicians.
The publication said the secret police,
subordinate to the presidency, continued
spying after illegal recordings of
journalists, politicians, human rights
activists and non-governmental organizations
were revealed in February.
Semana said "wiretappings have reached some
presidential candidates and congresspeople."
Supreme Court auxiliary judge Ivan
Velasquez, presidential candidate German
Vargas and Ombudsman Julio Cesar Turbay are
among those mentioned.
Faced with that situation, the Colombian
government has denied to have ordered that
monitoring, which according to the sources,
started in 2004.
However, several political sectors have said
all the evidence lead to President Alvaro
Uribe, because the DAS is directly
subordinate to him.
In tune with these worries, Liberal Party
leader Cesar Gaviria held on Sunday that
President Uribe is really close to be a
dictator, for turning the DAS into a
criminal machine that spies in his interest. |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
