Argentine government moves to dissolve domestic intelligence agency

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4. You're welcome, Judi.

It's no silver bullet, but it should at least put them under some measure of civilian review.

Much like J. Edgar "Mary" Hoover in his day, Argentina's SIDE has successfully resisted any serious reform in the entire 31 years since the dictatorship left power basically by employing extortion or, typically, just the threat of extortion. Even the otherwise brave Raúl Alfonsín (whose Trial of the Juntas in 1985 marked the first time in history a former dictatorship was tried by a civilian successor) wouldn't touch them. Whatever else can be said about her, this is one brave lady.