Death of a Prosecutor
July 31, 2015 4:15 AM Subscribe
Alberto Nisman accused Iran and Argentina of colluding to bury a terrorist attack. Did it get him killed?
In the last days of his life, Alberto Nisman could hardly wait to confront his enemies. On January 14th of this year, Nisman, a career prosecutor in Argentina, had made an electrifying accusation against the country’s President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He charged that she had orchestrated a secret plan to scuttle the investigation of the bloodiest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history: the 1994 suicide bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, the country’s largest Jewish organization, in which eighty-five people were killed and more than three hundred wounded. Nisman, a vain, meticulous fifty-one-year-old with a zest for Buenos Aires’ gaudy night life, had pursued the case for a decade, travelling frequently to the United States to get help from intelligence officials and from aides on Capitol Hill. [slNewYorker}
Did the guy never watch a crime thriller? (sorry for the snark) BUT why did he not have a police detail at his house? Not to mention copies of the files? Or even an encrypted file on an overseas server, it not like there's no tech down there?
posted by sammyo at 6:22 AM on July 31, 2015
posted by sammyo at 6:22 AM on July 31, 2015
Because he was a lawyer. Ever try to slap techno-clue into a lawyer?
posted by ocschwar at 7:01 AM on July 31, 2015
posted by ocschwar at 7:01 AM on July 31, 2015
Because he was a lawyer. Ever try to slap techno-clue into a lawyer?
The guy died. Try to be respectful.
posted by esprit de l'escalier at 8:04 AM on July 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
The guy died. Try to be respectful.
posted by esprit de l'escalier at 8:04 AM on July 31, 2015 [2 favorites]
requires subscription if you've already read too many articles, anyone have a non-paywalled link?
posted by Blackanvil at 8:58 AM on July 31, 2015
posted by Blackanvil at 8:58 AM on July 31, 2015
"BUT why did he not have a police detail at his house"
If you're investigating government corruption that involved the deaths of people then would you feel safe being protected by the people who work for the people you're investigating?
"Not to mention copies of the files? Or even an encrypted file on an overseas server"
Well, what if he did? Now that he's dead who's going to decrypt the files?
posted by I-baLL at 10:38 AM on July 31, 2015
If you're investigating government corruption that involved the deaths of people then would you feel safe being protected by the people who work for the people you're investigating?
"Not to mention copies of the files? Or even an encrypted file on an overseas server"
Well, what if he did? Now that he's dead who's going to decrypt the files?
posted by I-baLL at 10:38 AM on July 31, 2015
Blackanvil, copy the link and paste it into a private browsing session.
posted by ellieBOA at 10:58 AM on July 31, 2015
posted by ellieBOA at 10:58 AM on July 31, 2015
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