Judge Clears Argentinian President in Conspiracy Case

Before he was found dead of a bullet wound in his apartment, Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman accused President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of conspiring with Iran to cover up its role in a terrorist attack that occurred 20 years ago. The plot thickened today when a judge dismissed those charges — and the President blamed her head of intelligence for Nisman’s murder. Buenos Aires-based journalist Uki Goñi is following the story for The Guardian.