Released 'Operation Condor' Files Show CIA Torture in Argentina

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Telesur

Released 'Operation Condor' Files Show CIA Torture in Argentina
Published 12 December 2016 (2 hours 24 minutes ago)


According to the National Security Archive more files will be released as they are declassified even after Obama leaves office.

The administration of Barack Obama released Monday a CIA report on Operation Condor, the 1970s covert efforts to rid U.S.-backed dictatorships of progressive opponents or to topple progressive governments outright in South America.

According to a press release announcing the documents, the National Security Archive — an independent non-governmental research institute and library in Washington, D.C. — said the CIA disclosures are among 500 pages on repression in Argentina during the military dictatorship in that country beginning in 1976.

According to the archive, “Another proposal under study included the collection of material on the membership, location, and political activities of human rights groups in order to identify and expose their socialist and Marxist connections. Similar data reportedly are to be collected on church and third-world groups,” the documents state. Amnesty International was one of the groups named in the documents.

Read more: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Released-Operation-Condor-Files-Show-CIA-Torture-in-Argentina-20161212-0021.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. US declassifies new documents on Argentina's dictatorship

US declassifies new documents on Argentina's dictatorship
Dec 12, 7:56 PM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The U.S. government on Monday declassified a second set of records relating to human rights abuses committed during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship.

The release is part of a decision announced by President Barack Obama during a visit to Argentina in March coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Argentina's military coup. The first batch was released in August.

The release of the second set of about 550 documents was announced at the former Argentine Navy School of Mechanics where thousands of leftist dissidents were jailed and tortured during the dictatorship.

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The documents belong to the CIA, FBI and other agencies. They include the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

More:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_ARGENTINA_US_HUMAN_RIGHTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-12-12-19-38-40

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[burrowowl]

3. About time!

Can we prosecute Kissinger for war crimes?

[tenorly]

4. The files also show that they plotted to assassinate Amnesty International directors.

Presumably in the same way they murdered former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier.

Unfortunately, given the current regime in Argentina I doubt this new evidence will lead to further court cases. They're back to sweeping these things under the rug now, like in the '90s.