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### Viewing cable 09BOGOTA1415, DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS

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09BOGOTA1415 | 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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    C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 001415

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2019
    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 Felix
    deBedout 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
    ----------
    ¶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.  Bedout 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

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