Argentina - Dissolution of Intelligence Secretariat

ARGENTINA / INTELLIGENCE SECRETARIAT THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE The shady history of Argentina’s Intelligence Secretariat The agency, which president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wants to dissolve, runs domestic spying on a scale to rival the communist bloc Tuesday 27 January 2015 13.28 AEST On Monday night, Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, took the bold step of announcing a plan to dissolve the country’s Intelligence Secretariat and send to congress a draft bill for the “reform of Argentina’s intelligence service” in the wake of the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman nine days ago. A possible explanation for Nisman’s death, which came only days after he announced charges that aimed to put Fernández on trial for an alleged conspiracy with Iran, seems to be hidden inside a complex saga of mind-boggling intrigue involving the intelligence agency she now intends to reform. Created as the Information Division (División Informaciones) by Argentina’s strongman General Juan Perón in 1946, the service’s first task was to arrange the postwar transport of Nazi war criminals to Argentina, some of whom then went on to serve in Perón’s intelligence agency. Since then, the service has changed its name a number of times, its latest incarnation being the Intelligence Secretariat, better known by its Spanish-language acronym SI. Under Fernández, Argentina’s secret service is alleged to have been involved in domestic spying on a scale rivalling that in Eastern European nations before the fall of the Berlin wall. [Meanwhile, let's forget about NATO's stay-behind paramilitary in Europe, Operation Gladio, and let's forget about contemporary NSA worldwide MASS surveillance, involving FVEY/Five Eye (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & USA); reporters both sides of Atlantic either bribed or otherwise used, or spied on & harassed; RIPA powers abused UK; political groups and various protesters harassed & spied on both sides of Atlantic and so on. What's with 'Eastern European' rubbish when one need not look any further than home for examples of 'communist bloc' spying  -- and much, much worse?] Nisman’s connection at the SI was Antonio, aka “Jaime” Stiuso, an enigmatic figure who for years reputedly ran a vast eavesdropping network that made him the most feared man in Argentina. Few details about the man are in the public domain. He is a 61-year-old communications expert who joined the service in 1972 at 18 years of age. He has three daughters (for whom he reportedly sought security protection from a Buenos Aires court recently) and is reputedly extremely charming. “He’s charismatic, very relaxed, he laughs a lot,” says Rodis Recalt, a journalist from Noticias magazine who interviewed him last month. “After months of tracking him, he called me. I never saw him face to face.” [Charming, charismatic, jolly ... combined with 'most feared man in Argentina' running a vast eavesdropping network?  Sounds like a sociopath.] Under Férnandez in recent years, and under Néstor Kirchner, the president’s now-deceased husband and predecessor, Stiuso’s power is alleged to have grown exponentially, thanks to the extensive wiretapping services on political opponents that he allegedly carried out for the Kirchners.  [But is he *really* a Kirchner man?] “But last October, when Fernández found out through military intelligence that Nisman was preparing charges against her for an alleged cover-up of Iran’s role in the bombing, she became understandably furious that Stiuso had not alerted her,” an intelligence source told the Guardian. [An unnamed source.  Eyeroll.  Sounds like a case of military intelligence versus Intelligence Secretariat in Argentina and Intelligence Secretariat versus Argentine government?  That naughty Stiuso ... might be up to no good.] By late December, when she began to suspect that it was actually Stiuso who had poisoned Nisman against her, she fired Stiuso and began preparing to dismiss Nisman as well. “She was doubting between replacing Nisman completely, or appointing two assistant prosecutors by his side to neutralise him,” the source maintains. The president’s alleged fury was fuelled by the extensive use of wiretaps provided by Stiuso that Nisman made in his 300-page accusation against her. In an long statement posted to her website last week, Fernández seemed to make the case that Nisman’s accusation was actually written by Stiuso, and that Nisman was then killed by the same people who convinced him to present the charges. “They used him alive and then they needed him dead,” Fernández wrote. “As sad and as terrible as that.”  [To be fair, Stiuso does sound like a right piece of work.] Former president Kirchner introduced Nisman to Stiuso 11 years ago, when Kirchner put the prosecutor in charge of solving the 1994 bombing of the Amia Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, the deadliest terrorist attack in Latin America. “The two developed a father-son relationship,” says the intelligence source, who knew both men well.  [Intelligence source who knew both Nisman and Stiuso?  Is that it?  C'mon, that's pretty broad. Skipping the misty-eyed father and son relationship scenario (or is that Puppet Master and Puppet?), wonder if the intelligence source 'who knew both men well' is Stiuso himself ... or maybe even the CIA, judging by information from other sources: Argentina's Foreign Minister has accused those in the intelligence agency of fabricating the complaint: statement by Foreign Minister Hector Timerman against Prosecutor Alberto Nisman describing his complaint as a fabricated product of a manoeuvre by Intelligence Service agents who have been removed from their positions [here] Another article reports that Nisman's Iran & Hezbollah accusations are based almost wholly on information from intelligence services -- and that the US embassy is responsible for pushing Nisman in that direction: Nisman is a prosecutor who devoted the past 10 years to push the accusations against the Iranian regime and Lebanon’s Hezbollah for the AMIA bombing, almost completely based on information provided by intelligence services. The US Embassy was the one that pushed Nisman toward that approach, at the expense of probing any other possible foreign or local responsibilities, as was exposed in the WikiLeaks cables. That thesis is also favoured by the Israeli government and the leadership of the Argentine Jewish community. In particular, the latter tried to lobby before the Embassy in favour of former DAIA President Rubén Beraja, who was convicted and then acquitted of perjury charges to cover up the attack, among other judicial proceedings against him. [here] ] Only the security cameras on the front gate and an Argentinian flag draped from a white metal pole above the entrance indicate the location of the Judicial Observations Department on Avenida de los Incas 3834, a six-storey redbrick building in the upscale neighbourhood of Belgrano. An endless series of press articles and books allege, and at least one court raid has proven, that housed inside are a vast array of computers and recorders continually monitoring the activity of Argentina’s politicians, judges, prosecutors and journalists. Court-ordered wiretaps are also carried out there, since by law only the SI is permitted to intercept calls in Argentina. Nisman made extensive use of the powerful eavesdropping capabilities of the facility while investigating the Amia blast. It was while poring over calls between Argentina and Iran that Nisman says he discovered the secret offer by Argentina’s government to shield Iranian officials from his arrest warrants, in return for Iranian oil. The calls were made to Iranian offical Moshen Rabbani in the city of Qom, who, as the former Iranian cultural attache in Buenos Aires at the time of the bombing, speaks perfect Spanish, the language used in all the transcribed calls.  [As only the intelligence service of Argentina is 'permitted to intercept calls', one would think that any intercepted calls Nisman 'pored' over, would have been done alongside his Intelligence Secretariat 'Daddy', Stiuso.] Stiuso’s name was known to only a select few until 2004, when justice minister Gustavo Beliz, a politician with a reputation for honesty in a political arena widely considered to be mired in corruption, unmasked him. Beliz displayed a blurry photo of Stiuso on television and accused him of having mounted “a kind of Gestapo” to coerce politicians and journalists to follow the bidding of his political masters. Far from being rewarded for his courage, the minister was fired by Kirchner.  [Turns out Gustavo Beliz was acquitted of charges that appear to have been brought about by Stiuso and the same court that acquitted Beliz ordered an investigation into Stiuso - referred to in this post.] Beliz went into self-imposed exile in the United States and Uruguay, unable to return to public office. His withdrawal into silence is considered a testament to Stiuso’s far-reaching secret network.  [Wow, I wonder what the choice of 'retirement' locations is testament to?] But not everybody has such a negative vision of the man who reputedly pulled the secret strings of power in Argentina. “You should have seen how well received he was at the CIA and the Mossad,” says another intelligence source who worked closely with Nisman and Stiuso on the Amia case. The two men became convinced, partly on the basis of intelligence provided by the United States and Israel, that Iran had been behind the blast. The biggest advance in the case came in 2007, when Interpol agreed to issue international “Red Notices” for the arrest of their five main Iranian suspects, Rabbani chief among them.  [Two men?  Take it that's Nisman and Stiuso? LOL ... 'partly' or 'almost WHOLLY', as per other sources. While the issue of an Interpol Red Notice may be described as the 'biggest advance' in the AMIA case, the issue of a Red Notice itself is no indicator of the merits of a case. Extracts of The Guardian's own article about Red Notice misuse: Red notice alerts are meant to be used to combat international crime but their credibility is being undermined, Fair Trials International maintains, because they are being misused by some of the 190 participating states to pursue exiled political opponents. In the UK, Benny Wenda, a West Papuan freedom fighter who escaped from prison in Indonesia and was granted asylum as a political refuge, was pursued by a red notice obtained by Indonesia based on politically-motivated charges. It was deleted following intervention by Fair Trials. In a more recent case, the report documents, a 28-year-old British woman who worked for an airline's cabin crew "had her life turned upsidedown and her employment terminated when she was the subject of an red notice based on an unpaid debt in the Middle East." The notice was belatedly deleted. Source:  The Guardian ] Note also Britain's very own political prisoner, Julian Assange, whose political asylum has been blocked by Sweden, by Red Notice, by European Arrest Warrant, by the threat of extradition to the USA and by the threat of arrest by British police, who have been stationed inside and outside the Ecuador embassy for over 2 years now, at an astonishing cost of nearly US$15 million to the British tax-payer.  No mention of Sweden and Britain abusing the Interpol notice system or US, Sweden and Britain abusing human rights (Take a pick:  Assange or renditions, anyone?), while the establishment accepted targets do get a Guardian mention:  Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Belarus, Indonesia, Iran and Venezuela. But when Argentina and Iran, as a result of the alleged secret negotiations Nisman uncovered, signed a public memorandum in 2013 to set up a joint “Truth Commission” to investigate the blast, effecitvely killing Nisman’s investigation, Stiuso and Nisman became disenchanted with Fernández. The slowly widening rift could explain Nisman’s decision to press charges against her, perhaps with Stiuso’s support, as Fernández seems to feel.  [2013 Iran and Argentina sign a Memorandum.  And this is supposed to have derailed the 10-year investigation and supposed to have been the catalyst for Stiuso and Nisman putting their heads together?  Would have to do some reading to find out more about that.] “Stiuso is an intelligence officer who follows commands to the letter,” says the intelligence source who worked on the Amia case. “But he was not prepared to betray his geopolitical alliance and put in jeopardy the great prestige he enjoyed with the western intelligence services.” [Bullsh*t.  Stiuso sounds more like a power crazy sociopath who does what he wants.  Rather than following 'commands to the letter', sounds like Stiuso is dancing to his own tune ... or that of a foreign interest.  And how does his 'own' (ie personal) geopolitical alliance even come into the equation if he's one to 'follow commands to the letter'?  What commands?  Only those that fit his personal agenda?  Why is this 'intelligence source who worked on the AMIA case' trying to sell us a snake in the grass Stiuso?] From 2013 onwards, the sources agree, Stiuso’s disenchantment with Fernández led him to feed information to the courts and to journalists related to some of the numerous cases of corruption that have made headlines in Argentina in the last two years. [Stiuso was at it WAAAAAAY before 2013, as accuser of the former Justice Minister Gustavo Beliz (acquitted) -- and it looks like he may have been involved in some kind of extortion of a judge, Norberto Oyarbide - here] Sounds like Stiuso could be our unnamed but solid leaker to journalist Damian Pachter or even the unnamed intelligence source in this Guardian piece, if prior form is anything to go by.   No indication if Stiuso was in still in Argentina when Pachter was fed the scoop of the century, but even if he was in the US at that stage, it's not difficult to imagine a Stiuso proxy feeding the media in his absence.  And look (below) where Stiuso headed:  USA.] According to one of these sources, Stiuso has left Argentina for the United States. “He called me from the US a few days ago,” the source says. “He told me he was sickened by what is happening at the intelligence service, particularly by the firing of his 20 closest collaborators.” [LOL ... it's a Stiuso PROXY!!!   Yeah, Stiuso's sickened -- particularly sickened by his OWN firing.] In the face of the failed memorandum of understanding with Iran and the fact the “Red Notices” from Interpol are still standing, at least one former secret service chief has worries that extend far beyond the Nisman case.  [How has the Memorandum failed?  It is a memorandum of understanding -- it is an agreement reached after a decade-long investigation that led nowhere.  Oh, here we go.  Yet another intelligence source stirring up 'worries'. ] “The purge of the service’s best anti-terrorist experts and the failure of the agreement with Iran has left Argentina open to another Amia-style bombing,” says former Intelligence Secretariat chief Miguel Ángel Toma, who knew Stiuso and is also a firm believer that Iran had a hand in the bombing. “We managed to find even the exact date and hour at which the decision to bomb the Amia was taken in Qom,” Toma says. “I am extremely worried.” [The real worry for these guys is the PURGE of the Argentine intelligence service.  Best anti-terrorist experts, my ass.  More like the best CIA/Mossad/MI6 puppets in the country, now scaremongering ... to pressure and destabilise the current Argentine government.] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/27/argentina-intelligence-secretariat-shady-history COMMENT The mark text in red above is obviously my commentary. Where did The Guardian find all these blabbing, whining and badmouthing, Stiuso proxy and CIA snakes for their article?

ARGENTINA: Former Justice Minister (Argentina) Gustavo Beliz | Jaime Stiuso (aka Antonio Horacio Stiles)

ARGENTINA / GUSTAVO BELIZ Google Translation La Nacion Article The conflict with the SIDE Beliz was acquitted by reason Spy [Whaaaaaat?] A court ordered investigate Stiuso Jaime, who was the accuser By Hernán Cappiello | NATION     Sitting with hands gripping the desk, former Justice Minister Gustavo Beliz Judge Guillermo Gordo looked and nodded, not surprisingly, listening to the verdict. "Acquitted" gave the magistrate and, in turn, announced that the court ordered an investigation into the powerful Jaime Stiuso. He now suspected head of counterintelligence SIDE had been accused of serious acts of corruption by Beliz, who left the government in 2004. Stiuso was notably absent at trial. It did not state when he was called as a witness, because he said reserving your image is not guaranteed. After the failure of the Federal tribal Oral No. 3, Beliz was fought last night from an order of condemnation of four years in prison prosecutor Jorge Di Lello, who had accused him of violating secrets to show for TV, seven years ago, a picture of Stiuso. On that occasion, Beliz had said the spy was the real power in the shadows and suggested that the money for the election campaign of 2003 had left the reserved funds SIDE. Yesterday, during his preliminary statement, Beliz resumed his old complaints, but recharged. The judges ordered to send a copy of the audio to the Federal Court for a judge to investigate "offenses mentioned therein public action" will be drawn. Beliz Stiuso blamed for having to leave the country in 2004. He currently lives in Montevideo and works for an international credit agency. He revealed before Gordo, Miguel Pons and Gerardo Larrambebere judges when he was minister suspected Stiuso pricked him emails and phone and called Nestor Kirchner why. He said he did in the presence of Cristina Kirchner. "I said," Vos you can feel that if Pinchas sos phone to have powerful information, but you will be enslaved by the poster click '. "And said Kirchner replied," I'll take care. "But nothing changed. [Crap all-over-the-shop translation - maybe it says Stiuso intercepted e-mails and phone calls.  Hard to work out.] He said Stiuso appears in newspaper articles linked to extortion sex videos that were victims, among others, the federal judge Norberto Oyarbide, when it was recorded surreptitiously gay brothel Spartacus. He reminded that in a meeting with families of the AMIA Kirchner claimed by Stiuso him, whom they accused of irregularities. He mentioned the alleged enrichment Stiuso, whom properties and businesses, constraints to witness the AMIA are awarded and expressed surprise that "a government that made human rights the flag" would not have investigated for their actions during the dictatorship . Beliz exploded with flaming allegations and charged against fiscal Di Lello, who is also electoral prosecutor. He saddled not have appealed the judgment which closed unquestioning surrender of funds from the 2003 election campaign and said that after that decision "drug trafficking infiltrated fundraising campaign of 2007 by ephedrine." The laboratory Sebastián Forza, killed by traffic ephedrine, was electoral contributor. After his fiery words, claimed the prosecutor. Di Lello called a "ejemplarizadora" conviction of four years in prison. He also recalled that he had opened a case in 2004 following demonstrations Beliz, who had finished archived. He even recalled that Beliz said at the time that he did not state the allegations, but knew of them daily. The lawyer Beliz, Gerardo Conte Grand, responded with a furious argument in which he noted that SIDE rather than ensuring the watchful security against it and, moreover, these accusations "reveal the impunity of power that is characteristic of dictatorships left and right, but not in a Republic ". He explained that when Beliz photo showed, Stiuso was known and was no longer secret. Since the end Beliz uttered his last words to charge this time against the prosecutor, accusing him of "following orders" and scolded the "conceited look" she gave him. As it reminded José Luis Cabezas, who "killed him" take a picture of Alfredo Yabrán, to whom power was impunity. "That will not happen again," he said. When the judge read the acquittal Gordo, the reasons will be announced on Monday, the room erupted in applause. Beliz hung his briefcase and pulled tapped on the shoulder by his lawyers .. Hernán Cappiello, LA NATION http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1394746-cont-beliz-fue-absuelto-y-piden-que-se-investigue-a-un-jefe-de-la-side COMMENT This looks like an excellent article, but it's difficult to make out properly, as it's a very garbled translation. ^^ Former Justice Minister (Argentina) Gustavo Beliz is acquitted.  ^^ Guastavo Beliz was brought to trial by Jaime Stiuso (aka Antonio Horacio Stiles). ^^ Court orders investigation of Jaime Stiuso (aka Antonio Horacio Stiles), head of SIDE (ie Secretariat of Intelligence, SI).  ^^ Gustavo Beliz alleges Jaime Stiuso (aka Antonio Horacio Stiles), head of SIDE (ie Secretariat of Intelligence, SI), 'the spy', is the real power in the shadows.  ^^ Beliz disclosed Stiuso's identity by disclosing Stiusio's photograph and Stiuso was no longer 'secret'.  ^^ Beliz alleges Jaime Stiuso (aka Antonio Horacio Stiles) enrichment.  ^^ Beliz suggested that the money for the election campaign of 2003 had left the reserved funds SIDE >> Unsure what this means.  Funding for 2003 election came from funds from intelligence agency???* ^^ Beliz blames Stiuso for having to leave Argentina in 2004.* ^^ Belize currently lives in Montevideo and works for an international credit agency.* ^^ Judge requests a copy of audio, which audio is presumably related to and in support of allegations by Beliz against Stiuso?* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * = Translation difficult to make out.  Uncertain fact. Still trying to determine if the judge Norberto Oyarbide 'fact' in Google translated article (above) is as it seems to read (ie  as I read the very poor translation, it looks as if Stiuso is accused of extortion of the Judge in relation to a sex tape). Looks like Judge Norberto Oyarbide presided over 2009 investigation into Kirchner finances: Accusations of Embezzlement: Following charges of embezzlement filed by a local attorney on 29th October 2009, Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide ordered an accounting expert to investigate the origin of the Kirchners’ wealth. Public records show that since their arrival to power in 2003, the couple’s declared assets have increased by 710%, largely through land deals in Patagonia. In a preliminary investigation report, the Argentine Anti-Corruption Office established that the official figures provided by the Kirchners “don’t stack up”. The investigation was suspended by Judge Oyarbide on 30th December, though a week later, the ruling was appealed. Source:  http://www.argentinaindependent.com/insideargentina/politics-insideargentina/politics/ Norberto Mario Oyarbide, Argentina Nortberto Oyarbide is sarcastically described by the Argentine media as "the luckiest man in the country" since the random computerized system used to allocate cases to judges regularly selects him to preside over politically sensitive investigations directly linked to the deceased former president Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007), his wife President Cristina Fernández and individuals of their inner-circle.   His opponents claim his ‘survival' on the bench is linked to his alleged favourable rulings for whoever is in power, in exchange for which his career continuity is assured. 1997: Caught on video in a compromising position in a male brothel, "Spartacus", in the Recoleta neighbourhood. He was accused of protecting the brothel in his capacity as a judge and of illicit enrichment during the highly political trial that took place thereafter. Source: http://www.courcyint.com/component/k2/item/46479-norberto-mario-oyarbide,-argentina.html COMMENT Extremely tired (and probably off my face on all the medications I've had to take), so I'm frustrated beyond belief that I can't make out these warped translations or focus enough to read the mass of material there is on the complicated web that is Argentina's politics. There was a reason for looking at this information, but I cannot recall what it was!  I've spent AGES and AGES picking through this stuff and now I can't remember why!!!! After that moment of panic, I've realised that it's former Justice Minister Gustavo Beliz that I was looking up when I came across this.

VIDEO - Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (1972)

Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (1972) Source: YouTube - HERE Love this Stones song. ‘Rocks Off’ Song Lyrics (Jagger/ Richards) I hear you talking when I’m on the street, Your mouth don’t move but I can hear you speak What’s the matter with the boy? He don’t come around no more, Is he checking out for sure? Is he gonna close the door on me? I’m always hearing voices on the street, I want to shout, but I can’t hardly speak. I was making love last night, To a dancer friend of mine I can’t seem to stay in step, ‘Cause she come every time that she pirouettes over me And I only get my rocks off while I’m dreaming, I only get my rocks off while I’m sleeping I’m zipping through the days at lightning speed Plug in, flush out and fire the fuckin’ feed Heading for the overload, Splattered on the dirty road, Kick me like you’ve kicked before, I can’t even feel the pain no more But I only get my rocks off while I’m dreaming (only get them off) I only get my rocks off while I’m sleeping   Hypnotic amination by digital artist called Davidope Source:  http://www.webdesignmash.com/art/digital/more-amazing-hypnotic-animations-by-davidope/ Feel so hypnotised, can’t describe the scene It's all mesmerised, all that inside me (don’t let go) The sunshine bores the daylights out of me Chasing shadows, moonlight mystery Headed for the overload, Splattered on the dirty road, Kick me like you’ve kicked before, I can’t even feel the pain no more But I only get my rocks off while I’m dreaming (only get them off, get them off), I only get my rocks off while I’m sleeping (only get them off, get them off). Lyrics Source:  http://www.rollingstones.com/video/rocks-off/

Scoop Journalist Damian Pachter - Flight from Argentina - Alberto Nisman Death

Argentina /Alberto Nisman Damian Pachter Article Why I fled Argentina after breaking the story of Alberto Nisman’s death In an exclusive column, Jewish journalist Damian Pachter – who first reported on the death of the special prosecutor – recounts the intimidation, the sleepless nights, the agent who stalked him and his ultimate decision to head for Israel. By Damian Pachter | Jan. 25, 2015 So here they are, the craziest 48 hours of my life. When my source gave me the scoop on Alberto Nisman’s death, I was writing a piece on the special prosecutor’s accusations against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her (Jewish) Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, two pro-Iran “social activists” and parliamentarian Andrés Larroque. I learned that Nisman had been shot dead in his home. The vetting process wasn’t too tough because of my source’s incredible attention to detail. His name will never be revealed. Two things stood in my mind: my source’s safety and people’s right to know what happened that day, though not necessarily in that order. Of course, for both speed and the contagion effect, Twitter was the way to go. The information was so solid I never doubted my source, despite my one or two colleagues who doubted me because I only had 420 Twitter followers — a number now eclipsing 10,000. As the night went on, journalists contacted me in order to get the news from me even more directly. The first to do so was Gabriel Bracesco. Once I tweeted that Nisman had died, hundreds of people quickly retweeted the news and started following me. That was my first of many sleepless days. “You just broke the best story in decades,” lots of people said. “You’re crazy,” was another take. Either way, nobody questioned that the situation was very grave. The following days were marked by a government trying to create an official story. First, the head of state suggested a “suicide hypothesis,” then a mysterious murder. They of course were not to blame. In anything. That week I received several messages from one of my oldest and best sources. He urged me to visit him, but in those crazy days I underestimated his proposal. On Friday I was working at the Buenos Aires Herald.com newsroom when a colleague from the BBC urged me to look at the state news agency’s story on Nisman’s death. The piece had some serious typos but the message was even stranger: The agency quoted a supposed tweet of mine that I never wrote. Bus to nowhere I cursed in anger, adding amid the profanity: “I’ll tweet this and then they’ll see.” But I waited a few minutes to cool down and realized that this tweet was a kind of coded message. So I bounced it off my friend, who said: “Get out now and go to Retiro,” Buenos Aires’ central bus station. “And come visit me. You have to leave the city.” It was around 8:30 P.M. I was very lucky: When I arrived a bus would be leaving in two minutes. Where that bus was going I’ll never reveal either. After several hours on the road, I arrived at the bus station, where I remained for a couple of hours. It turns out this was a big mistake: I think that was the place someone started watching me. But I didn’t realize it back then. I didn’t want to stay too long in any one place, so I walked over to a gas-station joint nearby. My friend contacted me and said: “I’ll be there in 20 minutes.” I was sitting around there for two hours or so when a very strange person came in. He wore jeans, a jeans jacket and Ray-Ban sunglasses. I noticed him immediately but stayed where I was. He was sitting two tables from me. Suddenly I felt a finger on my neck and jumped like I never did my whole life. “You’re a bit jumpy son” — it was my friend making one of his jokes. “You’re under surveillance; haven’t you noticed the intelligence guy behind you?” “The one with the jeans and Ray-Bans?” “Yeah.” “What does he want?” “Stay calm and look into my camera,” my guy said as he took my picture. Well, actually he took a picture of the intelligence officer, who left five minutes later. I have that picture here with me. I then had to consider the best thing to do, because when an Argentine intelligence agent is on your tail, it’s never good news. He didn’t just want to have a coffee with me, that’s for sure. Montevideo and Madrid In any case, the decision came quick: I had to leave the country immediately. So I contacted one of my best friends, who got scared but understood the situation. We had to do it quickly, and I’m sure his efficiency saved my life. I will forever be grateful to him. So I did it: I bought a ticket from Buenos Aires, to Montevideo, Uruguay, to Madrid to Tel Aviv. I had to keep a low profile in order to get by the security forces. So I went back to the Retiro bus station — the scariest part of that long day. I was sure that if something happened, it would happen at the train station, a very dangerous place at night. I had the feeling someone was after me and I’d get shot from some strange angle. But then I suspected my taxi driver even more. I figured he’d stray and take me off somewhere. Meanwhile, text messages were sent to my two best colleagues, a friend and my mom. They were told where we would meet: Buenos Aires Airport. I couldn’t spend any time on the phone because I was being surveilled. When my mother arrived she of course cried but remained calm. We discussed a few things and I told her to leave. Then my journalist friends came and we did an interview that has already hit Argentina’s top newspapers. I was flying back home, to Tel Aviv, as I always wanted to. I have no idea when I’ll be back in Argentina; I don’t even know if I want to. What I do know is that the country where I was born is not the happy place my Jewish grandparents used to tell me stories about. After I left Argentina I found out that the government was still publishing wrong information about me on social media. The Twitter feed of Casa Rosada, the Argentine presidential palace, posted the details of the airline ticket I had bought, and claimed that I intended to return to Argentina by February 2 — in other words, I hadn’t really fled the country. In fact, my return date is in December. A tweet from the Presidential Palace showing Pachter's flight itinerary. Argentina has become a dark place led by a corrupt political system. I still haven’t figured out everything that has happened to me over the past 48 hours. I never imagined my return to Israel would be like this. http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/.premium-1.638933 COMMENT Writer is telling us: ^^ An unnamed source gave him the Nisman death scoop ^^ Never doubted the source because of 'solid' information ^^ Source didn't have to be vetted, b/c of 'incredible attention to detail' ^^ Source:  'his' name will never be revealed. Reference to 'attention to detail' and 'solid', convincing information, would indicate a source that had access to the crime scene, as that would be the 'detail' of relevance. Reference to 'his name', would indicate a male source. Mention of non-vetting of the source would perhaps indicate it is an untested (or new) source. Guessing source is:  male, with access to crime scene & not previously known to Damian Pachter.  Alternatively, this is merely what Pachter wishes to convey and the source could be anyone but the unknown male with crime scene access.  LOL. ^^ For speed and contagion got scoop out on Twitter ^^ Journalists would call the writer for information on the scoop Therefore the writer has become the central 'source' or central broadcaster, on behalf of whoever has given the information.   What is puzzling is that the writer hadn't bashed out the massive scoop and published it himself, before the Twitter broadcast. ^^ Argentine state news agency:  "quoted a supposed tweet of mine that I never wrote." Frustrating that we don't know what this fake or erroneous message was. Even more frustrating when the writer asserts it was a 'coded message' but doesn't go on to convey what that message was. Yet this appears to be the catalyst for the writer's departure from Argentina? ^^ Lucky breaks. Bus to unknown destination that will not be revealed.  But suspects someone watching him @ bus station -- so why not reveal bus station location, if likely already known? ^^ Suspects gas station Argentine intelligence agent (Denim & Raybans) on his tail. ^^ Friend takes photograph that captures photographic image of this suspected 'Argentine intelligence agent' Hmmm .. why Argentine intelligence when it could be (a) just some guy (b) CIA (c) Mossad (d) Rogue Argentine intelligence (d) Perhaps other Argentine opposition player ... or (e) Some other player that is a stakeholder in the Nisman affair or fall of the Argentine government. As a colleague from BBC gets a mention, I'm going to wager there's MI6 all over Argentina as well. ^^ Avoids phone calls as he suspects being surveilled -- but sends text messages, which would presumably also be surveilled (and a working mobile phone can pinpoint location). A government agency would have no problems finding someone travelling with a mobile phone and/or texting whereabouts to friends/family members, or covering the finite number of international departure routes, I am guessing. ^^ Takes flight 'home, to Tel Aviv' - via Montevideo & Madrid Aren't there direct flights to Tel Aviv? --------------------------- Find it hard not to be sceptical. The guy receives the scoop of the century but he doesn't bang out a story to publish it in a national Argentine newspaper (although he is a professional journalist).  Instead, he tweets -- as you or I would do and, wittingly or unwittingly, becomes the broadcaster for whoever fed him the story -- but we don't know who that is and it looks like neither does he, as he's taken the source as 'solid' without vetting what is likely an unknown or new source. While the Nisman death information was most certainly solid, what remains unknown is the messenger and therefore the likely motive/agenda of the messenger -- if you're looking beyond just a report of a death. If the source is someone who had crime scene access, as I suspect, that source is not necessarily government -- as any agent can get a foot inside government agencies (or, alternatively, government agency employees bribed etc -- especially in Argentina, where it has been exposed that two judges offered bribes in relation to the Nisman matter). Actually, you probably don't even need to be at the death scene to get solid or detailed information.  USA's NSA gather data on everybody around the world.  Latin America's communications cables ALL go across USA, if I understand correctly.  So all you probably need is NSA contacts to have solid info on what goes on in Argentina and you don't even have to set foot on Argentine soil to have that information, although you can have agents on the ground receiving instructions. CIA, Mossad and MI6 would all be likely NSA clients and collaborators. So whoever broke ranks and broke the story via the writer could be controlled by anyone. If the Argentine government can't get their act straight, and are alternatively pointing to a 'suicide hypothesis' and then a 'mystery murder', and if they are tweeting a bunch of crap on social media, wouldn't that indicate that they may not be the criminal masterminds behind the Nisman killing because if they were, wouldn't they have planned a better stance and cover than a bunch of confused social media crap? All that being watched speculation could just be paranoia and, if the writer was being watched, it could be watched by anyone in a place like Argentina. I'd be looking at right-wingers, CIA, Mossad and MI6 possibilities. Also, while we're all enthralled by the drama of the flight of the scoop journalist away from Argentina, what is it that we're not examining in Argentina? These are just some of the thoughts and feelings I have on the subject, taking a questioning perspective on what's presented.

Haaretz Article - Argentina’s Jews are serving the far right’s silent revolution | Argentina Undergoing Attempted Revolution

ALBERTO NISMAN / ARGENTINA Haaretz Article Argentina’s Jews are serving the far right’s silent revolution I ask myself how these wise and good-hearted people could have fallen into a trap and wound up on the same side as the country’s fascists. By Meir Margalit    Jan. 26, 2015 | 3:04 PM It has been proved once again that in Argentina truth is stranger than fiction. What appeared to be a conspiracy theory has taken on real form; who knows what monster is lurking. Dark forces from the past are returning, keen to reap vengeance on the Kirchner family because late Argentine President Néstor Kirchner, the husband of his successor Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, put them on trial for crimes against humanity. About a week ago I wrote in Haaretz’s Hebrew edition that the murder of prosecutor Alberto Nisman reeked of a well-timed right-wing conspiracy, in cahoots with former police and army officials, to overthrow the government and destroy Argentina’s democracy, still weak after 30 years. Indeed, as information leaks out, the conclusion that Argentina is undergoing an attempted revolution strengthens. This is an elegant, sophisticated and refined revolution. It’s being carried out not by tanks or attacks on the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s White House, but by stoking the kind of social and economic chaos that overthrew Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973, which Naomi Klein described so well in her book “The Shock Doctrine.” And here, amid all the commotion, smoke and disinformation, surfaces the Jewish connection — mainly because the affair revolves around the 1994 terror attack on the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires — and the 85 victims who were buried underneath. Second, the journalist Damián Pachter who broke the news of Nisman’s death received death threats and fled to Israel, leaving behind a trail of speculation on his motives. Worse still is the role the Jewish community is unwittingly playing in this despicable affair as it protests the deal Argentina signed with Iran in the attempt to absolve Tehran of responsibility for the terror attack. This deal is controversial and problematic no doubt, but it does not measure up to Israel’s arms deals with Argentina’s junta during the dictatorship launched in 1976. In the 1970s, the number of Jews murdered by the junta by Israeli-made arms was several times greater than the number of Jews later murdered by Tehran’s minions in Buenos Aires. And the community doesn’t notice that the far right is latching onto the legitimate protest and building the revolution's foundations based on its criticism. Not only does this attempt not serve the Jews, but you don’t have to be a historian to know that it will target them sooner or later. Nisman, who was murdered a week ago, is an example of the Jewish drama in Argentina. He was infected by the obsession with Iran that infected the entire community. He was nourished by materials that Israel gave him (according to the local media), and was used by the right wing to promote a revolution he probably never wanted. In the end, he paid with his life. This is the story of Argentina’s Jews on a small scale. I ask myself how these wise and good-hearted people could have fallen into a trap and wound up on the same side as the country’s fascists. If that weren’t enough, there’s the Israeli connection. Israel has become an player in the Argentine drama, and not for the right production company. Argentines believe that it gave intelligence to Nisman, and now the reporter who broke the story has found refuge there. [ie in ISRAEL] Israel probably isn’t directly involved in the affair, but Argentines see it as an extremely powerful player making things complicated for two major reasons: first, because this is a chance to strike at Iran; second, because Israel has a score to settle with Latin America’s “left-wing” governments that embrace the Palestinians and vote against Israel at the United Nations. Even if this theory is far-fetched, the two reasons sound logical. As far as Israel is concerned, the Argentine right wing is more Zionist than the current government, and that’s enough reason to speed up regime change. So Argentina’s Jews, whose pain is real, have become pawns in the hands of foreign interests who have nothing to do with them. Worse, they are serving a historical process that has been timed by forces that not only care nothing about the Jews, but will settle accounts with them the first chance they get. Ironically, it seems that when Argentine Jews hit the streets last week to protest, holding signs reading “We are Nisman,” they knew what they were talking about. Dr. Meir Margalit, the coordinator of the Latin America desk at the Forum of Peace Organizations, heads the Center for Advancement in Peace Initiatives. http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.639110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENT Great article.  Lots of interesting things to think about. Dr Meir Margalit is an Israeli civil rights activist; a founder of the Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions, among other things; PhD Haifa Uni; born Argentina, moved to Israel 1972 & did national service / injured Yom Kippur War 1973; Left-Wing Meretz Party 1998-2002; defender of Palestinian Jerusalem residents. Think he was also Jerusalem mayor, but not sure if that detail's significant. Anyway, thought I'd share this article because it offers another perspective when it comes to viewing and examining the recent (and distant) events in Argentina. [This is #2468A0 background]

UKRAINE - OSCE - OUN CIA ASSET - and PRO-UKRAINE BIAS

UKRAINE OSCE "Declass CIA document: Father of head of OSCE_SMM in Ukraine Bohdan Borciukiw was OUN CIA asset" - Govt LINK Source:  Twitter OSCE SMM = OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Quick scan of the OSCE Wikipedia page indicates an alleged 'pro-Russian bias': It currently takes an important role in the monitoring of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, though it has been accused on mid November 2014 of showing a pro-Russian bias.  This accusation is also based on the fact that one of its most prominent members, currently in Ukraine, Alexey Lyzhenkov, is an ex-official of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, close to Sergey Lavrov.  [Wikipedia] What a joke!  Did Joseph Gobbels write this entry?  Some 'Ministry of Truth' entry for sure. Elsewhere online indicates OSCE stands accused of pro-Ukraine bias: Moscow accuses OSCE of pro-Ukraine bias November 14, 2014 Russia on Friday accused the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) special monitoring mission of a pro-Ukraine bias. “We are concerned about the approach the OSCE special monitoring mission in Ukraine has been demonstrating lately,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “There is an impression that its efforts are aimed at supporting and assisting only one side in the conflict, the Kiev authorities,” it added. It added that the mission failed to mention “numerous facts” of violations of the peace accord reached in September in Minsk as well as international humanitarian norms in regions under Kiev’s control. “Its reports systematically give detailed accounts of movement of the military units of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, but ignore the data on military preparations and concentration of attack Ukrainian attack forces along the contact line,” the ministry said. “They also fail to notice numerous facts of violation by the Ukrainian military of not only the Minsk agreements of the Contact Group, but also international humanitarian law norms, as well as the rampage of neo-fascists and nationalists in the Kiev-controlled regions. They also hush up the cases of Ukrainian security agencies’ pressure on OSCE observers. Such policy of the mission’s leadership undermines trust to its work,” it added. The Minsk protocol was signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics under the OSCE auspices. OSCE representative Ilkka Kanerva complained Thursday the mission has been restricted to report only what it sees passing through the official crossing along the “tiniest strip” of the porous Russia-Ukraine border. With both Russia and Ukraine, alongwith NATO, alleging renewed troop movement on the border, China has expressed grave concerns over the possibility of more conflict. China on Wednesday urged all parties in Ukraine to immediately implement the Minsk agreement so as to ensure that ceasefire is achieved. Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip Breedlove has claimed the body can vouch for Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week. [Oh, sure.  Breedlove has been gunning for the Russians to justify military spending &, in particular, NATO spending & incursions.] Even as Western statements are fueling fears of a return to all-out conflict are growing, Beijing reiterated its position at the UNSC, that “a political solution is the only way out on the question of Ukraine”. Meanwhile, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance has increased its presence near the Russian border. Nato has said it is concerned about Russian humanitarian convoys of trucks that it alleges is taking artillery and supplies into eastern Ukraine.  [NATO the aggressor] More than 4000 people have died since the conflict broke out in April. TBP and Agencies http://thebricspost.com/moscow-accuses-osce-of-pro-ukraine-bias/ So much for that Wikipedia entry for OSCE.   The exclusion of pro-Ukraine bias allegations (while referring to alleged 'Russian bias' in the OSCE entry on Wikipedia) amounts to a pro-Ukraine information bias in that OSCE Wikipedia entry.

UKRAINE - Progress Report

UKRAINE PROGRESS REPORT