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In reply to the discussion: So that's what Assange has been doing inside the embassy! WikiLeaks releases 1.7m US diplomatic and [View all]struggle4progress
(118,273 posts)27. I'm sure Kissinger's clients are well-aware of Kissinger's power-based real-politik approach,
and I expect that will be one reason they're pleased to use his consulting services. Personal accusations, of the sort you make, are simply distasteful
If the use of declassified documents, to illuminate history, is a topic that interests you, you may wish to familiarize yourself the website of the long-established National Security Archive, a nonprofit group that obtains documents shedding important light on specific events, such as the overthrow of Allende
NIXON ON CHILE INTERVENTION: WHITE HOUSE TAPE ACKNOWLEDGES INSTRUCTIONS TO BLOCK SALVADOR ALLENDE ...
DECLASSIFIED KISSINGER TRANSCRIPTS REVEAL STRONG SUPPORT FOR PINOCHET FOLLOWING CHILEAN COUP
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 110
February 3 , 2004
Washington D.C., September 10, 2008 - On the eve of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the military coup in Chile, the National Security Archive today published for the first time formerly secret transcripts of Henry Kissingers telephone conversations that set in motion a massive U.S. effort to overthrow the newly-elected socialist government of Salvador Allende ... After Nixon spoke directly to Rogers, Kissinger recorded a conversation in which the Secretary of State agreed that we ought, as you say, to cold-bloodedly decide what to do and then do it, but warned it should be done discreetly so that it doesnt backfire ... In their first substantive conversation following the military coup in Chile, Kissinger and Nixon discuss the U.S. role in the overthrow of Allende, and the adverse reaction in the new media. When Nixon asks if the U.S. hand will show in the coup, Kissinger admits we helped them ...
DECLASSIFIED KISSINGER TRANSCRIPTS REVEAL STRONG SUPPORT FOR PINOCHET FOLLOWING CHILEAN COUP
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 110
February 3 , 2004
Washington D.C., September 10, 2008 - On the eve of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the military coup in Chile, the National Security Archive today published for the first time formerly secret transcripts of Henry Kissingers telephone conversations that set in motion a massive U.S. effort to overthrow the newly-elected socialist government of Salvador Allende ... After Nixon spoke directly to Rogers, Kissinger recorded a conversation in which the Secretary of State agreed that we ought, as you say, to cold-bloodedly decide what to do and then do it, but warned it should be done discreetly so that it doesnt backfire ... In their first substantive conversation following the military coup in Chile, Kissinger and Nixon discuss the U.S. role in the overthrow of Allende, and the adverse reaction in the new media. When Nixon asks if the U.S. hand will show in the coup, Kissinger admits we helped them ...
There's a difference between the hard work of a group such as the National Security Archive, which actually provides information and insight, and the random mass dumping Assange practices, which seems primarily motivated by Assange's need for attention
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So that's what Assange has been doing inside the embassy! WikiLeaks releases 1.7m US diplomatic and [View all]
Paul E Ester
Apr 2013
OP
Actually I wouldnt hesitate to bet that some of it was classified to protect sources as well as
cstanleytech
Apr 2013
#16
Here, it's not even dumping: all these documents were already available from the US government,
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#19
I'm sure Kissinger Associates are delighted at your efforts to downplay this. Here's their number.
leveymg
Apr 2013
#24
I'm sure Kissinger's clients are well-aware of Kissinger's power-based real-politik approach,
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#27
On his clients and their ethics, we surely agree. As for the Nat'l Security Archive at GWU, I've
leveymg
Apr 2013
#34
Congratulations! Your efforts to get the dupe thread frozen kicked this one into the top 25!
leveymg
Apr 2013
#26
Yeah, I didn't want to see 1.7 million new LBN threads on forty-year-old long-available
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#28
He may not have broken any law this time, but it was a newsworthy public service anyway. eom
leveymg
Apr 2013
#30
Maybe or maybe not, but IMO in any case not every old cable in his "release" becomes LBN thereby
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#31
Meanwhile, journalists across the world are combing through names of overseas tax evaders...
Comrade_McKenzie
Apr 2013
#23