Libyan spy chief captured
- 13 years ago
Defiant and angry, captured Libyan spy chief Bouzaid Dorda sits in a private house in Tripoli.
He is the latest high-profile insider of Muammar Gaddafi's rule to be arrested.
Dorda was unapologetic about his role as head of the External Security Organisation (ESO).
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CAPTURED FORMER HEAD OF LIBYAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FOR LEADER MUAMMAR GADDAFI, BOUZAID DORDA
"I was carrying out my duties. Did I deny it? Did I deny it? Did I deny it?"
Dorda is not associated with the bloodiest periods during Gaddafi's regime.
He is rumoured to have been one of the few officials unafraid to speak his mind in front of the now-toppled leader.
His capture in Tripoli has triggered some rumours in rebel ranks that Gaddafi or some of his senior aides may still be in the city.
Though if Dorda knows anything about that, he is not saying.
Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters
He is the latest high-profile insider of Muammar Gaddafi's rule to be arrested.
Dorda was unapologetic about his role as head of the External Security Organisation (ESO).
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CAPTURED FORMER HEAD OF LIBYAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FOR LEADER MUAMMAR GADDAFI, BOUZAID DORDA
"I was carrying out my duties. Did I deny it? Did I deny it? Did I deny it?"
Dorda is not associated with the bloodiest periods during Gaddafi's regime.
He is rumoured to have been one of the few officials unafraid to speak his mind in front of the now-toppled leader.
His capture in Tripoli has triggered some rumours in rebel ranks that Gaddafi or some of his senior aides may still be in the city.
Though if Dorda knows anything about that, he is not saying.
Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters