Prof. Lawrence Tribe: 'This reminds me of the people swept off the streets in Argentina' in the '70s

[sandensea]

What Cheeto and some of his friends in big business would gladly preside over, if they could:

[riversedge]

1. It has come to this.

[sandensea]

2. He's trying like a bastard, anyway

But it'll only make his sentence at Ft. Leavenworth that much longer.

In Argentina they eventually sentenced three former dictators and over 900 officers for illegal detentions - and we can certainly do the same or better.

[appalachiablue]

3. Basics on Argentina's 'Dirty War,' 1976-1983, 'Operation Condor'

The Dirty War is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina for the period of United States-backed state terrorism in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor, during which military and security forces and right-wing death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (AAA, or Triple A) hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, left-wing Peronism or the Montoneros movement.

Up to 30,000 people disappeared, of whom many were impossible to report formally due to the nature of state terrorism. One reason for the Coup d'État was the armed actions of the Montoneros and the ERP, but the target of the Operation Condor were also students, militants, trade unionists, writers, journalists, artists and any citizens suspected to be left-wing activists, including Peronist guerrillas.

The disappeared included those thought to be politically or ideologically a threat to the junta even vaguely, or contrary to the neoliberal economic policies dictated by Operation Condor. They were killed in an attempt by the junta to silence the social and political opposition.

Many members of the junta are currently in prison for crimes against humanity and genocide...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War