Offshore Banking Scoundrel (Part 3)

From all that's been written lately about General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, here's an interesting opinion from William F. Buckley

ANY KIND WORDS FOR PINOCHET?

He wore a smoking jacket of sorts, made drinks, and I was told to proceed with my line of questioning. I can maneuver in the Spanish language but had a problem with the Spanish I was hearing, and was informed by the lady intermediary that the general was using the rough dialect of his native region. I went quickly to the pivotal questions:

Had Pinochet authorized killings that were not a part of the political action he had taken to remove Allende from the presidency, but rather executive exercises in power? He spoke with passion to say that he had not himself known about, let alone authorized, any of the random killings and torture laid at his door.

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