candidate: Apis 's confession to ordering the operation that begins with the phrase " As the Chief of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff " , the fact that the military chain of command was invoked , the moribund nature of the " Black Hand " and the fact that under the " Black Hand " constitution Article 16 , such an assassination could only be ordered by a vote of the Supreme Council Directorate , the President or the Secretary and no such order was made , are factors in favor of assigning responsibility to Serbian Military Intelligence .