Colombian intelligence agency spied on UN: Report
Friday, 04 March 2011 07:13 Adriaan Alsema
Colombia's state intelligence agency DAS wiretapped representatives of the United Nations (U.N. in the country, newspaper El Tiempo reported Thursday.
According to the newspaper, Colombia's Prosecutor General's Office has a number of documents that prove that
the U.N. was a subject of illegal surveillance.A scandal broke in 2009 about the DAS's illegal wiretapping of groups and individuals considered to be critical of the Uribe government, including human rights workers, Supreme Court magistrates, and journalists.
El Tiempo reports that the evidence of the illegal wiretapping of the U.N includes photos, such as that of a former director of the Colombia Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael Fruling; emails sent from U.N. officials; and DAS work orders.
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