A man uses headphones while working at the Justice Ministry's Agency for comunications capturing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A little over a year since Argentina's spy agency was shackled in the wake of the mysterious death of a star prosecutor, President Mauricio Macri is backing its quest for broader powers that critics fear will revive unfettered domestic spying.
Argentina's spies are pressing Macri to remove restrictions imposed by former president Cristina Fernandez after public investigator Alberto Nisman was found dead in his home in 2015, a source in the judiciary said.
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