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In reply to the discussion: Ray McGovern got ''The Treatment'' protesting Hillary speech in 2011 [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)7. Forgiving, too.

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.
SNIP...
Leteliers 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 (Pinochets) 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
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.
SNIP...
Leteliers 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 (Pinochets) 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.
CONTINUED...
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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Ray McGovern got ''The Treatment'' protesting Hillary speech in 2011 [View all]
Octafish
Mar 2016
OP
Authoritarians call themselves everything, including Democrat. The third way is not our friend.
haikugal
Mar 2016
#4
Thanks for this. I get so angry when I realize how long this has been going on.
haikugal
Mar 2016
#20
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
Ex-Spy Vindicated After Protesting Hillary (Peter Van Buren 9-30-2014 Bill Moyers&Co.)
bobthedrummer
Mar 2016
#22
Among other things he helped to prevent WWIII during his CIA employment and cofounded VIPS. n/t
bobthedrummer
Mar 2016
#24
During the War on Terror/Post-9-11 world, merely knowing this makes one an Enemy of the State
Octafish
Mar 2016
#37
What's this have to do with hillary, it was Ray McGovern who refused to sit down or leave
BlueStateLib
Mar 2016
#33
Your retorts are much like Clinton's campaign: lame attempts to copy the other side's words,
Betty Karlson
Mar 2016
#46
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
Publications of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity/VIPS (WarIsACrime) kick
bobthedrummer
Mar 2016
#50