The decree signed by President Javier Milei and published this Thursday in the Official Gazette confirmed the changes in the intelligence agency. The Senate is preparing to debate the reserved funds project.
In the midst of the discussion over the SIDE’s reserved funds in the Senate, the president Javier Milei signed a decree whereby two directors of the renewed national intelligence agency will cease to serve as honorary officers and will begin to receive a salary for their work. Alejandro Walter Colombowho serves as head of the Argentine Intelligence Service (SIA) and of Alejandro Pablo Cecatiin command of the National Security Agency (NSA).
The measure was announced this Thursday through Decree 818/2024 published in the Official Gazette. In this way, the Government decided that two of the directors of SIDE Those who took up their posts in mid-July, when the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) was reformed, will begin to receive a salary for their work.
Changes at SIDE: by decision of Javier Milei, two directors will stop working ad honorem and will receive a salary
In the decree published today, the President defined: “It is established that the appointments of Alejandro Walter Colombo to the position of Director of the Argentine Intelligence Service (SIA) and of General Commissioner (R) Alejandro Pablo Cecati to the position of Director of the National Security Agency (ASN), both decentralized agencies of the State Intelligence Secretariat of the Presidency of the Nation, are no longer honorary.”
Both officials had been appointed to their posts on July 15 by the Office of the President. In addition to the SIA and the ASNthe incorporation of the Federal Cybersecurity Agency (AFC) and the Internal Affairs Division (IAD).
Who are the SIDE directors who will start receiving a salary?
Alejandro Walter Colombo was appointed as director of the Argentine Intelligence Service (SIA)He worked at SIDE in the 1990s, during the Menem administration, as a delegate in Madrid and Rome, and then he was in the ranks of Mauricio Macri (when he was Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires) in the area of International Relations.
The other is Alejandro Pablo Cecati, director of the National Security Agency (ASN)He is a retired general commissioner who served as Macri’s head of security during his presidency and head of the Military Household. He also testified as a witness in the investigation for illegal espionage in the ARA San Juan case against the former president.
SIDE in the Milei era: the functions of each division according to the Government
- Argentine Intelligence Service (SIA): gather strategic information around the world, and cooperate with allied intelligence agencies to prevent and deter threats to our country.
- National Security Agency (NSA): Provide early warning and information on complex federal crimes within the national territory, and monitor coordinated threats from criminal and terrorist organizations.
- Federal Cybersecurity Agency (AFC): evaluate, plan and develop solutions for the detection and containment of cyberattacks against critical IT infrastructure in the country, and train the State’s human capital to prevent threats and security breaches.
- Internal Affairs Division (IAD): supervise and audit the management of resources of the agencies that operate under the SIDE’s jurisdiction, and ensure legal and institutional respect in the exercise of their powers.
Source: Ambito
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