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** MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020
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It must be obvious that liberty necessarily means freedom to choose foolishly as well as wisely; freedom to choose evil as well as good; freedom to enjoy the rewards of good judgment, and freedom to suffer the penalties of bad judgment.
– Ben Moreell, The Freeman ([link removed]) [July 1978]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 17, 2020
The CIA's Role in Operation Condor ([link removed])
The Washington Post is reporting today that top secret documents confirm the role that the CIA played in Operation Condor, the international state-sponsored assassination, kidnapping, torture, and murder ring run by U.S.-supported military dictatorships in South America in the late 1970s. The documents confirm that the CIA’s role in the operation was to provide communications equipment to the ring, which ...
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