Monday, April 27, 2009

22 Fired During Illegal Eavesdropping Purge

Colombia’s DAS security service fired 22 detectives, apparently in connection with an investigation into the illegal wiretapping of leading public figures... “When questioned about the reason for the dismissals, spokespeople for the agency said Muñoz affected them making use of the discretionary authority the law gives him, and that there will another purge this Friday.” (more)

UPDATE - Colombia's domestic intelligence agency has fired another 11 people in a scandal over illegal eavesdropping of judges, journalists and politicians.

That brings to 33 the total number of people dismissed from the Department of Administrative Security since the scandal broke in February. (more)