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Junio 22, 2007
Las joyas de la CIA
Les llamaban "las joyas de la corona" de la CIA. Más parecían los trapos sucios, una recopilación de todas las ocasiones en que los espías se saltaron ese obstáculo tan molesto que se llama la ley. En las próximas semanas, la CIA desclasificará el listado de ilegalidades que encargó el entonces jefe de la organización, James Schlesinger, en 1973. Algunos ejemplos:
1. Confinement of a Russian defector that "might be regarded as a violation of the kidnapping laws." 2. Wiretapping of two syndicated columnists, Robert Allen and Paul Scott. 3. Physical surveillance of muckraker Jack Anderson and his associates, including current Fox News anchor Britt Hume. 4. Physical surveillance of then Washington Post reporter Michael Getler. 5. Break-in at the home of a former CIA employee. 6. Break-in at the office of a former defector. 7. Warrantless entry into the apartment of a former CIA employee. 8. Mail opening from 1953 to 1973 of letters to and from the Soviet Union. 9. Mail opening from 1969 to 1972 of letters to and from China. 10. Behavior modification experiments on "unwitting" U.S. citizens. 11. Assassination plots against Castro, Lumumba, and Trujillo (on the latter, "no active part" but a "faint connection" to the killers). 12. Surveillance of dissident groups between 1967 and 1971. 13. Surveillance of a particular Latin American female and U.S. citizens in Detroit. 14. Surveillance of a CIA critic and former officer, Victor Marchetti. 15. Amassing of files on 9,900-plus Americans related to the antiwar movement. 16. Polygraph experiments with the San Mateo, California, sheriff. 17. Fake CIA identification documents that might violate state laws. 18. Testing of electronic equipment on US telephone circuits.
Suena interesante eso de "experimentos de modificación de la conducta" de ciudadanos norteamericanos que desconocían que estaban siendo utilizados como cobayas.
Algunos detalles de esas operaciones ilegales aparecieron reflejadas en 1974 en un artículo de Seymour Hersh en el NYT. The National Security Archive ha puesto en su web varios documentos. En uno de ellos, Kissinger explica al presidente Ford lo que ocurriría si esos documentos llegaran a la opinión pública:
Kissinger: Helms said all these stories are just the tip of the iceberg. If they come out, blood will flow. For example, Robert Kennedy personally managed the operation on the asessination of Castro.
Ops.
Me da que dentro de 30 años saldrá otra lista.
Posted by Iñigo at Junio 22, 2007 05:26 PM
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