Kirchner to dissolve Argentine intelligence service after
By AFP
27 January 2015 |
3:07 am
PRESIDENT Cristina Kirchner on Monday said that she will disband Argentina's intelligence service after a prosecutor was found dead hours before he was to make explosive allegations against her in Congress. "The plan is to dissolve the Intelligence Secretariat and create a Federal Intelligence Agency" with a leadership chosen by the president but subject to…
PRESIDENT Cristina Kirchner on Monday said that she will disband Argentina’s intelligence service after a prosecutor was found dead hours before he was to make explosive allegations against her in Congress.
“The plan is to dissolve the Intelligence Secretariat and create a Federal Intelligence Agency” with a leadership chosen by the president but subject to Senate approval, said Kirchner, who has alleged that the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman was a plot to discredit her.
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