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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 3.16.2005 ::
:: "6 U.S. Banks Held Pinochet's Accounts" ::
Senate Report Details 'Secret Web'
By Terence O'Hara
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 16, 2005; Page E03
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet had more than 125 accounts at a half-dozen U.S. banks, including Citibank, during the 1990s, according to a Senate report.
Pinochet, whose 17-year military rule of Chile was marked by the murder and torture of political opponents in Chile and elsewhere, maintained "a secret web of accounts" at U.S. banks and U.S. subsidiaries of foreign banks, said the report, to be released today by the Senate permanent subcommittee on investigations. Using fake names and often-suspect and secret money transfers, Pinochet moved millions of dollars through the U.S. banking system without attracting the notice of bank officials or regulators, it said.
ALSO
'Death squad' verdict upheld
From The Miami Herald
An appellate panel upheld a crimes against humanity finding in the case of a former Chilean officer who served during Gen. Pinochet's regime.
BACKGROUND
From Virtual Truth Commission
CHILE: 1970-September 11, 1973 The United States and Allende
CHILE: -- Pinochet Coup and Atrocities
CHILE & U. S., 1973 - 1998
Pinochet 1998
Impact: Letter from a political prisoner in Chile
AND
From the CIA Web site
SUBJECT: CIA Activities in Chile
CIA Machinations in Chile in 1970
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