Den portugisiske regering tillod heller ikke, at chefen for efterretningstjenesten eller dennes forgængere tilbage fra 2002 blev hørt af Parlamentets delegation, som tog til Lissabon i december 2006.
Nor did the Portuguese Government permit the director of the secret service or his predecessors from 2002 to be heard by the European Parliament mission that went to Lisbon in December 2006.