Uribe's VP knew about wiretaps: Ex-DAS offical .

[Judi Lynn]

Uribe's VP knew about wiretaps: Ex-DAS offical .
Tuesday, 09 November 2010 10:02 Teresa Welsh .

According to court testimony from former DAS official Gustavo Sierra obtained by La F.m., former Vice President Francisco Santos and many other top officials in the Uribe government knew about illegal wiretapping carried out by the intelligence agency.

Sierra, who testified Tuesday, was an investigation official with DAS between 1987 and 2003 and also held several different positions within the organization. He has provided authorities with extensive details about the illegal wiretapping of human rights activists, journalists, political opposition and Supreme Court during the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe.

Sierra testified that in addition to Francisco Santos, former presidential secretary Bernardo Moreno, former Minister of the Interior Carlos Holguin Sardi, Foreign Ministers Jaime Bermudez and Fernando Araujo, former High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo, and DAS regional consultant Miguel Peñaloza all had knowledge of the illegal surveillance.

Sierra explained a detailed process in which information gathered from the wiretaps was delivered to officials in the Casa de Nariño in a suitcase. The woman who carried the suitcase, DAS employee Sandra Karina Hernandez, had access to offices of the officials in the presidential palace and was instructed to personally deliver all documents directly to their intended recipient, and to leave nothing with secretaries or assistants. All documents were delivered in manila envelopes without signatures, sender or recipient names. After being read by the intended recipient, all documents were to be destroyed.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12817-vice-president-knew-about-wiretapping.html

http://laborrightsblog.typepad.com.nyud.net:8090/.a/6a00d8341bf90b53ef0111689b3574970c-800wi

Vice-President Francisco Santos.