YaY! Spain's plotting secret agents force their chief to fall on his own sword

SPAIN'S spy chief, Alberto Saiz, has been forced to resign after his own agents turned on him, employing the tricks of the trade to overthrow their boss at the country's National Intelligence Centre, or CNI.

Over several months disgruntled agents leaked photographs of Mr Saiz's exotic fishing and hunting outings during trips abroad.

They even claimed he used the agency's divers to clean his swimming pool.

"Every time he goes abroad to work he takes his rifle or shotgun and takes days off to go hunting at the taxpayers' expense - everything is free," an anonymous CNI source told the newspaper El Mundo.

Sources within the agency also alleged that night-time hunts for pigs in Mali, fishing expeditions off Senegal and underwater fishing in Mexico were paid for with taxpayers' money.

It was also alleged that CNI employees were called in to redecorate Mr Saiz's house and that the agency was forced to buy potatoes from one of his relatives.

Mr Saiz was eventually forced to show receipts for his excursions to a secret parliamentary committee.

Government sources said there was no evidence he had used taxpayers' money to fund his pastimes but said his resignation had been accepted because he had lost control of the agency.

"The director wishes to reiterate that the accusations made against him are false," a statement announcing his resignation said.

Mr Saiz recently admitted the agency was rife with internal problems and reportedly drew up a list of 60 agents he wanted to sack.

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YaY! Spain's plotting secret agents force their chief to fall on his own sword

YaY! Spain's plotting secret agents force their chief to fall on his own sword

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