On February of 2001, during the Fernando de la Rúa government, SIDE fired 1.300 agents; one of the reasons given were some of the staff had been involved in human rights violations during the National Reorganization Process.
On February of 2001, during the Fernando de la Rúa government, SIDE was suffering from budget cuts (reduced by half) and political pressure to renew itself. One of the reasons also given for the cleanup were that many staff membershad been involved in human rights violations during the National Reorganization Process.