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Octafish

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7. Forgiving, too.
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:54 PM
Mar 2016


Unsealed Documents Show Pinochet 'Directly' Involved in Capitol Hill Assassinations



Unsealed Documents Show Pinochet 'Directly' Involved in Capitol Hill Assassinations

Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt became 'symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship'

by Sarah Lazare, staff writer
CommonDreams, Oct. 8, 2015

Loved ones have long charged that U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet had a direct hand in the 1976 assassination of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and his Institute for Policy Studies colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt. Now, they may finally be vindicated.

The administration of President Barack Obama on Thursday publicly released documents that appear to show that Pinochet was behind the murders of Letelier and Moffitt, who have become "symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship," Sarah Anderson, director of the Global Economy Project at IPS, told Common Dreams.

The materials, which include CIA papers, were given to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

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Letelier’s son, Chilean Senator Juan Pablo Letelier, is one of the few people who has reviewed the trove and confirmed to the Guardian that they conclusively show Pinochet directly ordered the killing. In addition, the documents reportedly reveal that Pinochet had intended to cover up his role in the assassination by killing his spy chief.

"In (Pinochet’s) predisposition to defend his position he planned to eliminate Manuel Contreras to keep him from talking," Senator Letelier told the Mesa Central show on Tele13 Radio.

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/10/08/unsealed-documents-show-pinochet-directly-involved-capitol-hill-assassinations


From 2006: Know your BFEE: Los Amigos de Bush

To think I once had expected to see mass murderers and warmongers behind bars. What a silly Democrat I am. Little People are the ones who do that, like that PFC who exposed war crimes.

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If you're not worried about where we're going.... daleanime Mar 2016 #1
Renowned photojournalist assaulted by US Secret Service at Trump rally 2016 Octafish Mar 2016 #5
we were all shocked when Bush started giving us the "60s Brazil" treatment MisterP Mar 2016 #12
LBJ! LBJ! LBJ! Octafish Mar 2016 #29
I'm depressingly worried. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #34
But she's such a sweet and loving person nichomachus Mar 2016 #2
Forgiving, too. Octafish Mar 2016 #7
kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #3
Ray got put on a government 'Watch List' after that. Octafish Mar 2016 #9
Horrendous... Hilary is dangerous... kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #10
Not just her: that is the scary part... eom Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #35
Authoritarians call themselves everything, including Democrat. The third way is not our friend. haikugal Mar 2016 #4
+1 daleanime Mar 2016 #11
Authoritarians all share one trait in common... Octafish Mar 2016 #18
Thanks for this. I get so angry when I realize how long this has been going on. haikugal Mar 2016 #20
I very much appreciate your years of research. madfloridian Mar 2016 #32
he's just a decorated veteran; one of the little people, and they don't matter amborin Mar 2016 #6
Remember Cindy Sheehan? Octafish Mar 2016 #27
yes, that whole episode was heartbreaking; and bush so sociopathic amborin Mar 2016 #30
K&R for the original post and subsequent informative posts and links. JEB Mar 2016 #8
Saving USA from the United Stasi of America Octafish Mar 2016 #45
What an appalling thread!!! erlewyne Mar 2016 #13
One does not mess with Lady Macbeth. Fuddnik Mar 2016 #14
Did Hillary condemn his mistreatment and removed him from any threat list? Vattel Mar 2016 #15
I feel for Tulsi Gabbard for being courageous as well SheenaR Mar 2016 #16
What a shame. (This was in 2011, you say?) NurseJackie Mar 2016 #17
2011 at George Washington University for the real DU reality-based community NurseJackie. bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #21
Hillary Clinton says "supporting veterans is a sacred responsibility", so why, after five years, bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #19
That no-good bearded old crumb bum wrecked her speech, bobthedrummer. Octafish Mar 2016 #28
Ex-Spy Vindicated After Protesting Hillary (Peter Van Buren 9-30-2014 Bill Moyers&Co.) bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #22
k/r. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #23
Among other things he helped to prevent WWIII during his CIA employment and cofounded VIPS. n/t bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #24
Unfriending Mubarak Capt. Obvious Mar 2016 #25
They must have been in on the IPO. Octafish Mar 2016 #38
Kick warrprayer Mar 2016 #26
During the War on Terror/Post-9-11 world, merely knowing this makes one an Enemy of the State Octafish Mar 2016 #37
Thanks warrprayer Mar 2016 #49
K & R AzDar Mar 2016 #31
What's this have to do with hillary, it was Ray McGovern who refused to sit down or leave BlueStateLib Mar 2016 #33
Why would he have to do either in the first place? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #36
Why did Bernie have protesters arrested at his office in the 90s? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #41
Scraping the bottom of the barrel, are we? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #42
Scraping at double standards, are we? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #44
Your retorts are much like Clinton's campaign: lame attempts to copy the other side's words, Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #46
I remember that, I almost cried for him. polly7 Mar 2016 #39
What about the antiwar protesters Bernie had arrested at his office in the 90s? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #40
Were they beaten and bruised too, or is that reserved for those standing up to The Annointed One? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #43
So, Hillary, came down off the stage and strong-armed that man out of the venue? nt Jitter65 Mar 2016 #47
No. The guards did. Octafish Mar 2016 #48
Publications of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity/VIPS (WarIsACrime) kick bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #50
J Edgar Hoover with Supercomputers Octafish Mar 2016 #53
One doesn't turn one's back on Claire Underwood. nt valerief Mar 2016 #51
Orwell is rolling in his grave laughing his a%& off. nt kristopher Mar 2016 #52
Recommended interview with Ray McGovern by Cinema Libre. proverbialwisdom May 2016 #54
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