Uribe subject to Congressional inquiry over wiretapping scandal

[Judi Lynn]

Apr 26, 2013 ?
Uribe subject to Congressional inquiry over wiretapping scandal
posted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will face a congressional inquiry at the end of May, as part of the investigation into the illegal wiretapping scandal which rocked his administration.

After considering the case presented in Uribe’s defense against such a move, the Accusations Commission of the House of Representatives rejected it “unanimously.” According to Constantino Rodriguez, president of the commission, the arguments offered by the defense were “unfounded.”

Uribe stands accused of ordering the illegal wiretapping of human rights activists, journalists, Supreme Court judges, and politicians. Uribe’s former chief of staff awaits trial in prison.

The Accusation Commission has the power to investigate the highest authorities in Colombia, including the president and the Supreme Court.

http://colombiareports.com/uribe-subject-to-congressional-inquiry-over-wiretapping-scandal/

(Short article, no more at link.)

[Peace Patriot]

1. I dunno. Now that Uribe's spy chief, Maria Hurtado, magically got instant asylum in Panama

and, even more mysterious, Interpol magically turned down Colombian prosecutors' request for a warrant for her arrest and return to Colombia for questioning, I wonder what this investigation will amount to.

Of course, "magic" had nothing to do with it, except that U.S. interference in Latin America always has a "magical realism" kind of weirdness about it. It glows in the dark, for instance, though you can never find the source of the power that causes these ghostly apparitions.

Uribe--as slimed as a "Ghost Busters" ghost--is hovering off stage for his big, glowing re-entrance, as mafia boss (um, president) of Colombia. This will probably be a Jeb Bush stage production.

I doubt that a Colombian legislative commission can stop this HORRIBLE scenario. Obama/Panetta's protection of Uribe makes it well nigh inevitable. He should have been in jail long ago, and instead is teaching law classes to the young and impressionable at Georgetown and Harvard!

But we shall see. There are some (albeit slim) indicators that they would dearly love to jettison Uribe. I think he's blackmailing them, frankly (with what he knows about Bush Junta crimes in Colombia) (or is it, what Maria Hurtado knows?). Obama altogether seems blackmailed in Latin America. Jim DeMint (SC-Diebold) actually used that word, "blackmail"--triumphantly--when he was kneecapping them to support the Honduran coup. He held up all their appointments in LatAm until they caved. He bragged about it. Their policy went from "peace, respect and cooperation" to jerky, ambivalent, bad.

I wish this Commission well, though. It's gotta take a lot of courage to go after Mr. Death Squad. I just had a ludicrous fantasy of the US Attorney General sitting next to Uribe at the testifying table, slipping him notes of legal advice and encouragement. Holder did it for Chiquita. Why not Uribe?

Gawd.