# Translation Francisco Martínez testifies in trial as defendant, avoids pointing to the minister and rebuts Police Commissioner García Castaño's accusation: he assures that he never ordered the theft of Bárcenas's hard drives and adds that he is convinced that the recording with Rajoy never existed 'Final judgment on the PP's dirty war': a documentary by elDiario.es about Operation Kitchen The former State Secretary for Security Francisco Martínez denied on Thursday that Operation Kitchen existed before the court trying the case. Martínez stated that this name corresponds to "a press designation" and has only admitted knowing of an "intelligence" investigation conducted by the Police to try to discover the money that Luis Bárcenas might have hidden when he entered prison, who could be his front men, and whether there were new people involved. "I presume that [the police officers] were acting within their functions and within the law.