Argentine leader convinced Nisman death was no suicide

[reorg]

Source: BBC

22 January 2015 Last updated at 13:32 GMT

Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she is convinced the death of top Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was not suicide.

Mr Nisman, 51, was found shot dead in his apartment on Sunday.

The prosecutor probing his death said it appeared to be suicide.

But in a letter published on Thursday, Ms Fernandez cast doubt on that theory.

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In a letter published on her Twitter account [in Spanish], President Kirchner said Mr Nisman had been provided with "false information" and that the spies he quoted were not really spies at all but had misled him deliberately. ...


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For more background, in case you haven't read about it, see also:

WikiLeaks cables illustrate Nisman’s US ties

Here is the very long letter referred to, in Spanish.

[forest444]

1. Whoever did it, timed it to cause maximum political impact

Seeing as it happened the day before his Congressional appearance. Only someone seeking to tar the administration - a favorite pursuit among neocons and the (very anti-Semitic) Argentine right - would choose a day like that. And no, no one killed him to "silence" him: he died after turning in his entire complaint and transcripts. Not that the complaint itself contributed anything (http://buenosairesherald.com/article/180042/nothing-new-nismans-report-fails-to-fan-flames-of-conspiracy-).

Nisman's death is the best thing that could have happened as far as some groups are concerned, and they're not about to let this opportunity pass by - least of all in an election year.

What most outsiders don't realize is that the unholy alliance of dictatorship apologists and free-marketeers are still very much alive and kicking in Argentina - and Señora Kirchner is their public enemy number one. The disgraced former State Counterintelligence director Jaime Stiusso (who conducted Nisman's illegal, cherry-picked wiretaps) is one such character; I might add he was a frequent guest at Nisman's home.

And Nisman? He died discredited by everyone from the judge presiding over the case, Interpol, and victims' rights groups. He was especially fond of flouting orders by the judge and instead of actually following leads, frequently presented unauthorized "complaints" to right-wing television. He knew that what he lacked in proof, he could always make up for by theatrics on cable news (particularly those of the Fox-like persuasion).

His perfectly-timed death is just another chapter in ongoing efforts of killing two birds with one stone: to further muddy the waters and shift public opinion in an election year (upon which some "business-friendly" party could take over).

[WillyT]

2. K & R !!!

[madokie]

3. I wouldn't put it

past our cia doing this

[iandhr]

4. No shit.

Some people are alleging she did it. If that is the case I bet she had a "buffer" to use the Godfather's term

[forest444]

7. Just as the U.S. has its "Benghazi" types, Argentina has its own right-wing screamers

And after failing to get their way with 7 years of wildcat strikes and runs on the currency, they're certainly not going to let this opportunity pass by - least of all on an election year.

Keep in mind that the death occurred on the best possible day to tar the administration (the day before Nisman's Congressional presentation), and the most pointless time if one's aim was to "silence" someone (days after he handed in his complaint, full transcript, and wiretap recordings). The complaint, btw, revealed nothing new by way of proof - and the guy had been on the case for 10 years!

It so happens that Nisman's (illegal) wiretaps were conducted by a disgraced former Counterintelligence chief, Jaime Stiusso, and that this individual - a trained intelligence operative with right-wing links and a major ax to grind against the administration that fired him - was a frequent guest at Nisman's home. That's where I'd look first.

[FLPanhandle]

5. It is suspicious

Although the allegations aren't surprising. Governments make nice with other countries and ignore criminal acts all the time.

I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't a suicide, nor would I be surprised that Brazil swept aside the bombing suspects to improve trade relations with Iran.

[billhicks76]

6. False Flag Operation

One in a long line of many.

[forest444]

8. Just as the AMIA and embassy bombings themselves almost certainly were

Since how else does one explain the fact that in both cases, the bombs were inside the buildings!?

The weak, it is said, can only sabotage the strong - and Yitzhak Rabin was an incredibly strong man. His assassination a year after the AMIA incident was just the final blow to a peace process whose subsequent failure we're all still living with today.

[hack89]

9. Both bombings were car bombs

did you even bother to do some basic research?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMIA_bombing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_attack_on_Israeli_embassy_in_Buenos_Aires

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Who are you implying did the deed?

It appears your repeated claim of the bombs exploding in the building are incorrect.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. So who did it?

[billhicks76]

12. Someone Trying To Manipulate A Response

And provide a solution. As is always done. And almost always by corporate aligned Right Wing squads.

[billhicks76]

13. Framing

A common, age old tactic.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. Which is who?

[billhicks76]

15. How Should I know For Sure?

Who gains the most by such a public spectacle?

[Behind the Aegis]

16. Then why discount any actual evidence in lieu of "it could be anybody"?