A little more than two months ago, two agents of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) They were arrested for providing classified information to US agents. A court of Plaza de Castilla proceedings have been declared secret in this case, as has been announced The confidential.
Hardly any details of the matter have emerged, but as this newspaper has learned, It was the CNI itself that denounced its members. The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, on whom the CNI organically depends, also confirmed this point during a visit she is making to the Spanish troops at the base of the I’LL TAKE in Adazi (Latvia). Periodically, the center that runs Esperanza Casteleiro carries out controls on the use of classified information and secret documents, and was among end of September and beginning of October when it was discovered that these two agents were illegally providing information to law enforcement agents USA.
The situation led to a complaint by the center to the Prosecutor’s Office, which in turn judicialized the matter and brought it to the Investigative Courts of Plaza de Castilla, in Madrid.
Until now, it has not been revealed how much information the two agents were able to provide to the United States. Internal controls and subsequent investigation revealed that some of the information was sold for money, although there have also been other reasons for this illegal transfer of intelligence that have not been revealed.
The complaint led to the arrest of the two agents by the National Police. Subsequently, upon being brought to justice, The two members of the intelligence services were placed in provisional prison.