▁officials ▁are ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁em be zz le ▁enough ▁funds ▁to ▁create ▁fort unes ▁for ▁themselves , with ▁the ▁annual ▁sal ary ▁of ▁provincial ▁legisl ators ▁amount ing ▁to ▁roughly ▁$ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁Such ▁cor ruption , ▁stated ▁Lind sey , ▁is ▁common ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁Argentina . ▁In ▁Form osa ▁Province , ▁Argentina ' s ▁poor est , ▁roughly ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁work force ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁government ' s ▁pay roll ▁but ▁many ▁only ▁show ▁up ▁to ▁work ▁once ▁a ▁month . ▁ ▁Such ▁cor ruption , ▁according ▁to ▁Lind sey , ▁contributed ▁to ▁Argentina ' s ▁financial ▁crisis . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁while ▁many ▁bl ame ▁the ▁free ▁market ▁for ▁Argentina ' s ▁wo es , ▁it ▁is ▁rather ▁the ▁control ▁econom ics ▁in ▁place ▁that ▁have ▁caused ▁such ▁problems . ▁ ▁Int elligence ▁Secret ariat ▁and ▁Battalion ▁ 6 0 1 ▁The ▁Secret ariat ▁of ▁Int elligence ▁( SI ) ▁was ▁established ▁by ▁President ▁Juan ▁Per ón ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁as ▁the ▁State ▁Information ▁Co ord ination ▁Secret ariat ▁( C IDE ); ▁it ▁was ▁renamed ▁S IDE ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁and ▁SI ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Its ▁first ▁director ▁was ▁Rod ol fo ▁Fre ude , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁principal ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁O DE SS A ▁Naz i ▁post - war ▁rat line . ▁Since ▁its ▁in ception , ▁the ▁SI ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁sp ying ▁on ▁polit icians , ▁journal