Ex-director of Colombian security agency DAS, Jorge Noguera, told the Supreme Court that President Uribe had received periodic reports on trade union activities throughout the country, reported Colombian media.
Noguera claimed the trade union surveillance was no different to any other activity undertaken by the organization to maintain public order, and that all intelligence collected by the agency went directly to his immediate superior, President Uribe.
The security agency's former director, who is currently standing trial for crimes committed while heading DAS, told the court that the country's president had been aware of the agency's surveillance of suspected anti-governmental activity, whereas the Colombian government has denied knowledge of the DAS's specific operations.
The trial over crimes committed by DAS continues.
gringomedellim
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... there is a difference of giving reports of activities and telling the president we are illegally wiretapping people to get this information. so the question is how much did Mr.Noguera tell the president and how much of what he says can be beleieved when trying to save his own neck. |
Adriaan
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... Since when is it considered acceptable that a State intelligence agency reports to a President on the activities of labor unions when they are doing nothing than exercising their constitutional right? Are labor unions a threat to national security? |
