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To: Dorine Essey who wrote (3742)	4/20/2002 3:36:39 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Republican Presidents who uphold Democracy and the Rule of Law? What a joke. Jr. Bush pleased with the initial with overthrow of democratically elected Chávez in Venezuela. Jr. Bush couldn't get Otto Reich appointed by the Senate so he had to do an appointment during a Senate recess, I believe. Now, KISSINGER is wanted as a potential terrorist for his role in the overthrow of dictatorships. Kissinger served under Nixon and Ford. Reagan does not have a good human rights track record either. Then, there is the rumor Bush Sr. paid Iran 40 million dollars so it wouldn't release the hostages held in Iran which cost former President Jimmy Carter a second term. As soon as Reagan assumed office the hostages were released. TP's references: Message 17315475 Just found some interesting stories on Kissinger.

To: Dorine Essey who wrote (3742)	4/20/2002 3:49:42 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

Pinochet judge asks to question Kissinger " Ever since General Pinochet's arrest in 1998 there have been attempts to show what part the US government played in the 1973 coup that brought him to power. Staff and agencies Wednesday April 17, 2002 The Guardian The Spanish judge who attempted to prosecute General Pinochet for crimes against humanity has requested permission to question Henry Kissinger, it emerged today. The former US secretary of state is wanted for questioning by Baltasar Garzon over his alleged involvement in a plot by former South American military dictatorships to persecute and eliminate their opponents in the 1970s and 1980s. Mr Kissinger is expected to attend a convention at the Royal Albert Hall in London a week today. Mr Garzon has filed a request via Interpol to question him under the European Convention on Terrorism, which requires signatories to cooperate with other states' judicial processes relating to terrorism. Juan Garces, a lawyer involved in Mr Garzon's investigation into General Pinochet, said the Spanish judge had not yet received an answer. Mr Kissinger served as Richard Nixon's assistant for national security from 1969-1973 and secretary of state between 1973-1977 for Nixon and his successor Gerald Ford. Ever since General Pinochet's arrest in 1998 there have been attempts to show what part the US government played in the 1973 coup that brought him to power. Mr Garzon attracted international attention when he ordered General Pinochet's arrest in 1998, but is also known for his unrelenting pursuit of drug traffickers and terrorists in Spain and abroad. The proceedings against General Pinochet were ultimately unsuccessful but Mr Garzon is now investigating accusations against him of genocide and international terrorism. He is also probing the disappearance of hundreds of Spanish citizens in Argentina during the military dictatorships between 1976-1983. Mr Garces said Mr Garzon wanted to speak to Mr Kissinger about his alleged role in OPERATION CONDOR, a plot by the military governments of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay against their enemies. Judges in Argentina and Chile also want to question Mr Kissinger over his links to their countries' dictatorships. guardian.co.uk.

To: Dorine Essey who wrote (3742)	4/20/2002 3:53:25 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

Met asked to question Kissinger Giles Tremlett in Madrid Thursday April 18, 2002 The Guardian The Spanish judge who was responsible for the arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in Britain in October 1998 is attempting to have Henry Kissinger interviewed by British police when he arrives in London next week. <b. Judge Baltasar Garzon has told the British authorities via Interpol that he wants the former US secretary of state questioned as a witness in his investigations into the torture, genocide and acts of terrorism allegedly committed by the Chilean dictator and other military strongmen in Latin America. If the request was accepted, Mr Kissinger - Richard Nixon's assistant for national security from 1969-1973 and secretary of state between 1973-1977 - would have his first ever personal encounter with international human rights law at the hands of Metropolitan police officers, who would present him with a list of questions from Judge Garzon. Mr Kissinger has managed to avoid similar requests from courts in France and Chile in the past year. William D Rogers, a member of Kissinger Associates in Washington, said yesterday he believed Mr Kissinger still planned to travel to London and was prepared to "provide whatever evidence his memory can generate". But, he added, Judge Garzon ought to direct his questions to the US state department. The document sent by Judge Garzon to Interpol on Monday said he needed to know if Mr Kissinger would be in London "in order to request that he declare before the competent authorities in relation to the case in which Augusto Pinochet has been indicted by this court". Any questions are likely to concentrate on Operation Condor, a secret agreement under which half a dozen Latin American military regimes allegedly agreed to eradicate leftwing opponents. Spanish prosecutors claimed that documents released recently by the CIA showed that the US knew about Operation Condor and trained many of the military officers from the death squads. Mr Kissinger is not a suspect in the case and would simply be required to answer questions as a witness. The request to question Mr Kissinger was sparked by lawyers representing victims of Gen Pinochet's regime who spotted an article in The Guardian last month which said that Mr Kissinger was due to be a speaker at the Royal Albert Hall on April 24, as part of a convention organised by the Institute of Directors. A Met spokeswoman said she was unable to say whether Judge Garzon's request had been received or acted on. However, an Institute of Directors spokesman said they were still expecting Mr Kissinger to speak at the conference next week. Prosecuting lawyers were confident yesterday that, due to treaties signed by Britain and Spain on judicial cooperation and terrorism, Mr Kissinger would not be able to avoid questioning in Britain. "Mr Kissinger has two options: either he can travel and expose himself to questioning or he can not travel," Carlos Slepoy, a Madrid-based prosecution lawyer, said. "If he does not go, it would be a demonstration that he wants to avoid a justice system which, at the moment, is only asking him what he knows." guardian.co.uk.

To: Dorine Essey who wrote (3742)	4/20/2002 3:56:57 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Plea to Britain in Kissinger witness case Giles Tremlett in Madrid and David Pallister Saturday April 20, 2002 The Guardian British authorities have been asked to decide whether a Spanish and a French judge representing the victims of General Pinochet's military regime in Chile can travel to London next week to interview Henry Kissinger as a witness in a terrorism and genocide case. The unprecedented request to interview a former US secretary of state has come from crusading Spanish magistrate Judge Baltasar Garzon, who had General Pinochet arrested in London, and Judge Sophie-Helene Chateau from France. The Home Office confirmed that both requests had been received and were being considered "in the normal way." If the requests are granted, Mr Kissinger will be summoned to give evidence on oath in a magistrates court where he can be questioned by the presiding district judge or the foreign judges. The Spanish request, sent from the national court in Madrid on Thursday, said that Mr Kissinger would be quizzed about recently declassified CIA documents. It goes on to request the presence of "the Spanish judicial authority", who is Judge Garzon himself, and the private or public prosecutors involved in the genocide and terrorism case that is still being pursued against General Pinochet and others in Madrid. Lawyers in Madrid said the request had been sent after British police, via Interpol, confirmed that Mr Kissinger was due to give a speech at the Institute of Directors' convention in the Royal Albert Hall next Wednesday. The prosecution lawyer most likely to accompany Judge Garzon would be the same man who directed the Spanish extradition case against General Pinochet on behalf of his victims, Joan Garces. Mr Garces is a former aide to Salvador Allende, the socialist Chilean president killed by General Pinochet's troops during the 1973 coup. "I represent 4,000 victims who disappeared or were killed," Mr Garces explained yesterday. Although the case being pursued in the Spanish courts stretches back to the 1973 coup itself, the request to interview Mr Kissinger refers explicitly to the so-called Condor Plan - a secret agreement believed to have been conceived by General Pinochet designed to suppress leftwing opposition across southern Latin America. The plan allegedly caused the arrest, torture, disappearance or deaths of thousands of people who were illegally deported back to their home countries of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil. Mr Kissinger has avoided similar requests to give evidence as a witness to courts in Chile investigating the crimes allegedly committed by General Pinochet's regime. He has similarly avoided approaches from Judge Chateau, who is investigating the deaths of four French citizens in Chile. Mr Kissinger's spokesman has explained that, while the former secretary of state is prepared to help the courts, he believes all questions should be answered by the state department. guardian.co.uk