Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Ex-DAS director 'covered up' informant pay-offs

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » Places » Latin America Donate to DU
 
Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-11 05:29 PM
Original message
Ex-DAS director 'covered up' informant pay-offs
Ex-DAS director 'covered up' informant pay-offs
Friday, 02 December 2011 14:36
Toni Peters

The former director of now defunct Colombian intelligence agency DAS hid proof of the purchase of human intelligence sources, an ex-agency official told investigators Friday.

The former manager of human intelligence sources, William Romero, told the Inspector General's Office that Maria del Pilar Hurtado meticulously hid any kind of evidence that linked her to paying bodyguards and other sources used by the agency in order to obtain privileged information about magistrates.

The statements, given as part of an investigation by the Inspector General into the payment of $6,200 to informants, was able to determine that the money-trail did not correspond to those who received the payments.

~snip~
Fourteen people are being investigated for their alleged roles in the illegal wiretaps of journalists, judges, opposition politicians and human rights defenders.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/20857-ex-das-director-hid-proof-of-informant-payments.html
Refresh | +1 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-11 11:17 AM
Response to Original message
1. Interesting that Maria Hurtado received instant, overnight asylum in the U.S. client state of Panama
...when she fled questioning in Colombia, ain't it?

What a collusive mess the Obama administration (and Panetta) have created to protect Junior & Co. and their operative Uribe (Hurtado's boss)!
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-11 12:33 PM
Response to Original message
2. It's all about the money, always about the money. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec 13th 2024, 11:45 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Places » Latin America Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC