Queiroz: The leak-plagued investigator investigated for leaking
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Polícia Federal nega indiciamento do delegado Protógenes Queiroz: The Brazilian federal police deny reports that the chief investigator in the Daniel Dantas case — who complained of leaks to the press about the case in his (leaked, probably by Dantas’ defense, which received access to the case file by order of the Supreme Court) report on the case — will himself be indicted this week for leaking information from the case.
The federal news agency Agência Brasil reports.
On the leak-plagued police and the Brazilian press that cannot make an honest living without them, see, for example,
- Auditing Carlismo: “First Peek at Clique Was Phreaked by Leak”
- São Paulo: Folha Reveals All About Secret Narcocorruption Investigation!
- Nassif on Veja and the Leaky Police
- Behind the Music: The Estadão on the Leaky Police
For some reason, O Globo did not see fit to mention today that the accuracy of its reporting unsourced, uncorroborated speculation on this subject had been challenged.
São Paulo – A Superintendência da Polícia Federal em Brasília negou hoje (10) que o delegado Protógenes Queiroz, responsável pela Operação Satiagraha, vá ser indiciado ainda esta semana em inquérito policial que investiga o vazamento de informações durante as investigações.
The federal police superintendent’s office in Brasilia denied on November 10 that federal police investigator Protógenes Queiroz, who presided over Operation Satiagraha, will be indicted this week in a police investigation into the leaking of information during the probe.
A assessoria do órgão disse à Agência Brasil que o delegado Amaro Viera Ferreira, da Corregedoria da PF, ainda não relatou o inquérito e que por essa razão ainda não é possível indiciar nenhuma pessoa.
The federal police press office told this news agency that Vieira Ferreira of the internal affairs division has not yet submitted his report on the investigation, and for that reason it will not be possible to indict anyone.
O Globo, among others, quoted what it purported to be Vieira’s final report, chapter and verse, but without saying how it came by the information, or any information at all bearing on its credibility. Treat as disinformation until proven otherwise — or, as we like to say, “boil thoroughly before assuming this information is fit for human consumption.”
De acordo ainda com a assessoria, não há prazo para que o inquérito, que corre sob sigilo, seja relatado.
According to the press office, there is no deadline for completion of the final report in the probe, which is being conducted [under seal, by court order].
A possibilidade do delegado Protógenes Queiroz ser indiciado foi veiculada hoje (10) em jornais de grande circulação nacional. Uma reportagem do jornal O Globo afirma que Protógenes será indiciado ainda esta semana pelos crimes de quebra de sigilo funcional, desobediência, usurpação de função pública, prevaricação, grampos e filmagens clandestinas.
The possible indictment of Queiroz was published November 10 in major national newspapers. O Globo stated that he would be indicted this week for the crimes of abusive invasion of privacy, insubordination, usurpation of powers, obstruction of justice, wiretapping, and clandestine filming.
O jornal também afirma que o delegado pode responder pelo uso de agentes da Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Abin) sem conhecimento de seus superiores e de ter informado com antecedência a uma emissora de TV e a outros policiais os nomes das pessoas que seriam presas durante a Operação Satiagraha.
The newspaper also stated that Queiroz could be charged for having used ABIN agents without the knowledge of his superiors, and of having tipped a TV network to the identity of persons to be arrested in the case.
Na semana passada, uma reportagem do jornal Folha de S.Paulo afirmou que o delegado corregedor Amaro Vieira Ferreira teria quebrado o sigilo telefônico, sem ordem judicial, de dezenas de aparelhos Nextel usados por jornalistas na noite em que a operação foi deflagrada, para tentar descobrir o responsável pelo vazamento da operação à imprensa.
Last week, a report in the Folha de S. Paulo stated that Vieira had violated, without a court order, the privacy of dozens of Nextel two-way radios used by journalists on the night the arrests were made, in an attempt to discover who was responsible for leaking the operation to the press.
They — the chattering “they” — say the TV Globo reporter, Cesar Tralli, has a relative working for the feds, but I am not sure whether that is a fact or a gabbling rumor.
Em nota, a Polícia Federal negou a informação, afirmando que “não investiga jornalistas no referido inquérito policial”.
In a press release, the feds denied the report, saying it was “not investigating journalists in the aforementioned case.”
A Operação Satiagraha, deflagrada pela Polícia Federal no dia 8 de julho, prendeu o banqueiro Daniel Dantas, o investidor Naji Nahas e o ex-prefeito de São Paulo Celso Pitta.
Satiagraha, carried out on July 8, arrested banker Daniel Dantas, investor Naji Nahas, and former São Paulo Mayor Celso Pitta.
Uma semana depois, o delegado Protógenes Queiroz deixou a condução da operação. Na época, a Polícia Federal alegou que o próprio delegado pediu o seu afastamento do caso para fazer um curso superior de polícia em Brasília. Mas o delegado fez uma queixa formal à Procuradoria da República em São Paulo afirmando ter sido afastado das investigações.
A week later, Queiroz left the investigation. At the time, the feds alleged he had requested to be taken off the case in order to enroll in a professional education course in Brasilia, but Queiroz filed a formal complaint with the federal prosecutor in São Paulo saying he had been forced out.
Segundo a Polícia Federal, depois de ser relatado, o inquérito feito pela corregedoria será encaminhado para o Ministério Público Federal, que pode abrir uma denúncia e levá-lo à Justiça, devolvê-lo para a Polícia Federal ou até mesmo considerá-lo inadequado, sem encaminhá-lo para nenhum outro órgão.
According to the feds, after being written up in a final report, the internal affairs investigation will be sent to the federal prosecutor, which can indict and take the case to trial, return the report to the police, or rule it insufficient and take no further action.
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