Argentine president calls for intelligence service reform following prosecutor death

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is calling on the nation's Congress to dissolve and reform intelligence services, The Associated Press reports.

Her comments come after the mysterious Jan. 18 death of a federal prosecutor. Alberto Nisman accused Fernandez of working with Iranian officials to cover up details of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires.

Earlier this week, Fernandez suggested Nisman's death was potentially an intelligence-services initiated plot against the government. She said reforming intelligence services is "a national debt" the country has had since 1983.

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