US EditionArgentina Intelligence Plan Could Target Journalists and Government Critics
- Argentina's State Intelligence Secretariat unveiled a controversial 170-page National Intelligence Plan on May 25, 2025, targeting journalists and government critics.
- The plan, designed in late 2024, aims to combat disinformation but blurs the line between foreign threats and domestic critics, raising concerns over scope and intent.
- The document permits broad surveillance, includes ambiguous mandates, and follows a political climate marked by President Milei's campaign against the media and increased attacks on journalists.
- The Argentine Journalism Forum reported a 53% rise in press attacks in 2024, and Milei publicly accused journalism of being the largest creator of fake news.
- The plan indicates a troubling increase in government influence over public communication, which experts say mirrors authoritarian methods designed to strengthen power and suppress opposition.
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Argentina intelligence plan could target journalists and government critics
Argentina's State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) has approved a National Intelligence Plan that could permit agents to gather intelligence on journalists, economists, academics, and other government critics amid growing press freedom concerns.
They Confirm that Milei’s Government’s Intelligence Plan Places Emphasis on “Account Control”
Legislative and SIDE-related sources who had access to the document assured that it is different from previous administrations; the Bicameral Committee of Congress would address the issue next week
Miguel Ángel Toma: "The Intelligence Structure Is Decimated and at Its Worst Moment"
By CNN Radio Argentina Miguel Ángel Toma, former Minister of the Interior and former Secretary of State Intelligence (SIDE), the government decreed another increase in the funds from between, with the reassignment of 25 billion pesos for the intelligence center, of which 8 billion can be used without control. In CNN Primera Mañana, he said “reserved expenses are spoken of, which can be audited from point to point by law. Congress can ask the hea…
Argentina’s SIDE Expands Surveillance to Suppress Dissent Under Milei Government - teleSUR English
Argentina’s State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) unveils a controversial National Intelligence Plan targeting critics and controlling public perception in the middle of growing concerns over democratic freedoms under President Javier Milei. Related: Milei Dissolves Investigative Unit Probing $Libra Cryptocurrency Scandal In a troubling development for democracy in Latin America, Argentina’s State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) has released a n…
Following the Disclosure of a Secret Document, the Government Denied that SIDE Was Pursuing Opponents and Journalists
The President's Office admitted the existence of a document, but denied the persecutory objectives assigned to it.The information had been published by the newspaper La Nación.
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