Nog meer recent nieuws over de methoden van de door Zumpolle zo geprezen DAS:
http://colombiareports.com/
http://www.educweb.org/
Het feit dat de DAS zich in de genoemde campagne duidelijk richt op onafhankelijke internationale mensenrechtenorganisaties, roept alleen maar extra vraagtekens op bij de betrouwbaarheid van de organisaties die ze op eigen bodem wel tolereert en zelfs actief steunt, zoals het intiatief van Zumpolle.
Colombian intelligence agency DAS carried out illegal monitoring as part of a smear campaign against European organizations, including the EU parliament, according to leaked reports from the prosecutor general, reported broadcaster RCN on Wednesday.
Newly revealed parts of the judicial dossier on DAS's operations reveals that European organizations were targeted in order to undermine the influence of the European justice system.
This targeting including "following, apparently illegal," reports RCN.
According to the revealed files, the European Parliamentary committee on human rights, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights and national governments, were agencies deemed a threat to the Colombian government.
The strategy of "Operation Europe" was to discredit such entities by creating press releases, website reports and by waging legal battles against them. DAS members attended NGO seminars, workshops and forums to compile confidential reports which included photographs and films of attendees.
The possibility of smear campaigns against U.S. entities is also being investigated.
European Parliament members call for wiretap investigation
4/28/2010 - Le Monde Diplomatique, El Espectador, Colombia Reports
Members of the European Parliament's Green Party called for the signing of the EU-Colombia free trade agreement to be put off until allegations that Colombian security agency DAS wiretapped the parliament have been investigated, reported Colombian media on Tuesday.
The appeal was made by members of the European Parliament (MEP) Barbara Lochbihler and Heidi Hautala - who is also the president of the Human Rights Commission for the European Parliament (EP) - who request that Colombian authorities explain the allegations.
According to a statement by the MEPs, "recent discoveries" show that security agency DAS tried to "influence" the parliament "through illegal means."
"The Colombian government needs to clarify in what way the DAS acted against non-governmental or political organizations to influence and disqualify decisions made by the Human Rights Commission for the European Parliament," said the statement.
The MEPs said the European Union should not sign the free trade agreement, scheduled to be finalized on May 18, without first having completely clarified the scandal surrounding the security agency.
The politicians also requested information on whether DAS possessed a list of which members of the EP support the Colombian government.
This follows news last week that leaked reports from the trial against DAS had revealed that the security agency had carried out illegal monitoring as part of a smear campaign against European organizations, including the EU parliament.
According to the files, the European Parliamentary committee on human rights, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, and certain national governments were deemed a threat to the Colombian government.
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