The corrupt former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner signed during her administration the appointment of Natalia Laura Federman, a British citizen and daughter of a former press chief at the United Kingdom Embassy in Argentina, to a highly sensitive position within the National Public Administration, with full access to strategic information from the Armed Forces.
The decision, which caused deep criticism from military and related sectors, has been strongly questioned over the years for its risk to national security.
In 2009, Federman was appointed Undersecretary of Security and Human Rights, and later, in 2011, an administrative decision exempted her from the nationality requirement to enter the National Public Administration. During the government of Cristina Kirchner, she also held the position of National Director of Human Rights in the Ministry of Security, a post that allowed her to access files and sensitive documentation related to the defense of the country.
Federman's appointment, niece of journalist and former left-wing terrorist Horacio Verbitsky and daughter of Andrés Federman, sparked strong criticism, especially due to the seriousness of granting access to strategic information to a person with direct ties to the United Kingdom, in a context where diplomatic relations between both countries were tense.
