Director of Spanish Secret Service resigns

Director of Spanish Secret Service resigns
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By h.b. - Jul 3, 2009 - 7:00 AM

Alberto Sáiz - EFE

It follows press revelations about the conduct of Alberto Sáiz

The Director of the Spanish Secret Service, CNI, Alberto Sáiz, has resigned after several weeks of revelations and claims about him in the press, led by newspaper El Mundo.

The paper printed a list of claims saying that Sáiz had made private use of the CNI facilities, including international hunting and fishing trips, and used his post to help family and friends.

When the revelations about him surfaced in the press he was then accused of using sophisticated lie detector equipment against his own agents in an attempt to track down the leaks to the press.
Sáiz took up the job in 2004, appointed by the then Defence Minister, José Bono.

Reports say he has resigned after internal pressure in the CNI and will now be replaced by the man who has upto now been the Spanish High Representative to the E.U., Félix Sanz Roldán.

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