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Viewing cable 09BOGOTA1412, DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS
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09BOGOTA1412 | 2009-05-04 19:07 | 2011-03-13 12:12 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Bogota |
Appears in these articles: http://www.elespectador.com/wikileaks |
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TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
SUBJECT: DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS
REF: 09BOGOTA569
Classified By: Political Counselor John S. Creamer
Reasons 1.4 (b and d)
SUMMARY
¶1. (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new
details on domestic spying by the Department of
Administrative Security (DAS), alleging the DAS maintained an
extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents
and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has
had a unit dedicated to domestic spying since 2004, and also
alleges high-ranking DAS officials met with top Uribe
advisors Bernardo Moreno and Jose ObdulioGaviria to discuss
sensitive cases. The advisors deny such meetings, but we
have heard from numerous sources that Moreno and Gaviria
pushed the DAS to engage in political spying. Prosecutor
General (Fiscal General) Mario Iguaran has vowed to get to
the bottom of the scandal, but the GOC may use the selection
of his replacement--Iguaran departs in July--to limit the
investigation's scope. End Summary
DAS REVELATIONS CONTINUE
------------------------
¶2. (U) Leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on
domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security
(DAS). According to the April 27 article, the preliminary
findings of investigations by CTI, the investigative unit of
theFiscalia (Prosecutor General), and the Procuraduria
(Inspector General) suggest the DAS maintained a systematic
surveillance program against GOC opponents--as well as some
allies. The surveillance was much more widespread than
originally thought (ref A). Citing anonymous Fiscalia
sources, "Semana" claims that in the last five years, the DAS
monitored Vice President Santos, former President Gaviria,
CNP Commander Naranjo, and former DAS head Penate--among
others. Fiscal General Mario Iguaran did not publicly
confirm the details, but said the initial findings were
worrying.
¶3. (C) CTI investigators reportedly found evidence that
since 2004, the DAS had a unit dedicated to spying on groups
and individuals considered a threat to the GOC. Originally
known as the "G-3" group, the unit did not officially exist
and reported only to the DAS director or the deputies in
charge of intelligence and counterintelligence. "Semana"
reported that besides numerous leftist groups and
politicians, the G-3 also collected information on Supreme
and Constitutional Court magistrates, Colombian Army
officials, and their relatives. The unit was disbanded in
late 2005 after a similar domestic spying scandal, but the
article claims DAS continued domestic spying through the
"National and International Group for Observation and
Verification" (GONI) set up in 2006. Local journalist XXXXXXXXXXXX told us former DAS sub-director Jose Narvaez was
behind the original domestic espionage operation and
continued to control GONI after his departure from the DAS in
¶2005.
¶4. (C) "Semana" also alleges that former DAS deputy
intelligence chief Fernando Tabares told investigators he and
former DAS deputy chief of counterintelligence Jorge Lagos
met several times with Presidential Secretary Bernardo Moreno
and then-presidential advisor Jose ObdulioGaviria to discuss
controversial spying cases. (NOTE: Both Tabares and Lagos
resigned in the wake of the February scandal). The meetings
allegedly took place in the Casa de Narino. Moreno publicly
said he had spoken with Tabares once about routine DAS
matters, but denied ever meeting Lagos. Former DAS director
Maria delPilarHurtado contradicted Moreno in a May 4th
follow-up interview in "Semana," saying both Tabares and
Lagos had discussed DAS business with Moreno in his office.
For his part, Gaviria said Tabares was either lying or
mistaken about the meetings. Former DAS director Penate
told us in February that Moreno and Gaviria had pressured him
to keep DAS involved in domestic espionage.
WHO LET THE DAS OUT?
--------------------
¶5. (U) Still, it is unclear who ultimately ordered the
domestic surveillance. The original article reports that
Hurtado, who resigned last November in a related domestic
surveillance scandal, signed orders requesting sensitive
financial information on Supreme Court justices and their
families. Mario Aranguren, who resigned last week as the
head of the GOC's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIAF), told
"Semana" that Lagos was the DAS official who had requested
the financial information and that he notified Hurtado in
writing every time the UIAF responded to Lagos requests.
¶6. (U) Hurtado denied ordering any surveillance on Court
members during her tenure, but said Moreno had asked the DAS
to investigate a magistrate due to his alleged ties to
narcotraffickers. The investigation turned up nothing.
Iguaran said the Fiscalia is committed to identifying those
responsible ordering for the spying, adding that he is less
interested in charging the low-level personnel who carried
out the surveillance. He signaled the Fiscalia is prepared
to offer judicial benefits for those who provide information
on the issue.
¶7. (U) President Uribe has steadfastly denied any
involvement, saying from Spain that the DAS scandal had
become a "stain" on his democratic security policies. Still,
former President Gaviria strongly denounced Uribe over the
scandal, citing what he called Uribe's failure to condemn the
actions and asserting that the rule of law in Colombia has
broken down. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro--a frequent
target of DAS surveillance--directly accused Uribe of being
responsible for the surveillance and said he and Senator
Hector Eli Rojas would travel to Washington to file a
complaint directly with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel
Insulza.
NEXT STEPS
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¶8. (C) The CTI investigation leaked to "Semana" was only a
preliminary report. Iguaran conceded that investigating those
responsible will be a difficult task, but said he was
determined to use his final three months in office to pursue
theinvestigation. Inspector General (Procurador) Alejandro
Ordonez said his office had opened investigations on 16
current or former DAS officials--including Hurtado, Tabares,
and Lagos--based on the preliminary CTI report. DAS director
Felipe Munoz announced the closing of GONI and the dismissal
of at least 33 DAS officials. Few of these however, had
anything to do with the domestic spying scandal, and it
appears that the moment for Munoz to undertake serious
structural reform at DAS has passed. XXXXXXXXXXXX doubted the
Fiscalia's investigation would go beyond Hurtado, noting that
the GOC would use the choice of the next Fiscal to limit the
investigation's scope. Under the Constitution, the President
submits three candidates to the Supreme Court, which then
selects one to be the Fiscal.
BROWNFIELD