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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:44 AM Nov 2015

JEB BUSH: ''I love my dad. I'd kill for him. I'd go to prison for him ''

Jeb Bush borders on creepy talking about how much he cares for his father, who, luckily, "is no longer watching CSI"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/11/01/bush_i_love_my_dad_id_kill_for_him_id_go_to_prison_for_him.html


Interesting JEB........ tell me more JEB
what about torture? How about your brother blowing up frogs as a child? Don't you think readers that
JEB was telling you something revealing about the Bush Crime family?





Jeb after reading his new book about himself

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JEB BUSH: ''I love my dad. I'd kill for him. I'd go to prison for him '' (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 OP
This guy couldn't run a worse campaign if he was trying Kalidurga Nov 2015 #1
I've never seen anyone less interested in winning an election. Frank Cannon Nov 2015 #33
Oh, gods, exactly. From the very beginning he's been this way. He DOESN'T Nay Nov 2015 #36
Excellent analogy NJCher Nov 2015 #51
Excellent hibbing Nov 2015 #57
It'll be fixed somehow libodem Nov 2015 #69
If I were a member of that family I'd disappear to a new country malaise Nov 2015 #2
Translation Scarsdale Nov 2015 #45
Yep - one word malaise Nov 2015 #65
Paraguay? KamaAina Nov 2015 #71
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Nov 2015 #73
2 out of the 3 belong in jail liberal N proud Nov 2015 #3
Neil should have been finishing his parole in about 1995. Hoppy Nov 2015 #8
think you could throw brother Neil(?) rurallib Nov 2015 #21
Well... PatrickforO Nov 2015 #28
Or a Trifecta, klook Nov 2015 #30
Jeb Scarsdale Nov 2015 #46
The Boosh Boyz are a truly amazing combination hifiguy Nov 2015 #76
The car ran over the babysitter at Marvin's estate. Octafish Nov 2015 #85
So end this go nowhere campaign and spend some time with the man before he's gone. Vinca Nov 2015 #4
Poppy Scarsdale Nov 2015 #47
Walker/Bush criminality hifiguy Nov 2015 #77
Be happy to see you in jail too. Katashi_itto Nov 2015 #5
In a just world ALL the bushes would be locked up. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #6
Where, O where is Karl Rove, when the Bush Crime Family really needs him? merrily Nov 2015 #7
Don't forget, the fourth generation also feels entitled. Hoppy Nov 2015 #9
He's the recently-elected Texas Land Commisioner Frank Cannon Nov 2015 #34
I don't think even Rove has the chops to touch this shitshow. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #81
I was surprised that he was not involved all along. merrily Nov 2015 #82
Quite an odd statement. Sienna86 Nov 2015 #10
Quite the Godfather vibe sarge43 Nov 2015 #12
Well his brother killed a lot of people TNNurse Nov 2015 #23
Where have I heard this silliness before? marble falls Nov 2015 #11
LOL! Looks like Jeb!'s campaign team has another fire to put out... Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2015 #35
LOL napkinz Nov 2015 #72
Sounds like George W... Mike Nelson Nov 2015 #13
Then he should go to jail for..... roomtomove Nov 2015 #14
HW was in Dallas the night before JFK was shot and he drove 200 miles from Dallas on ... Botany Nov 2015 #19
Poppy told FBI he was in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963; 'George Bush of the CIA' interested in Castro ops. Octafish Nov 2015 #50
He Was Involved SoCalMusicLover Nov 2015 #78
And that's exactly what george did tavernier Nov 2015 #15
Heh was just looking through to see if someone had jumped on this yet. Amimnoch Nov 2015 #18
And it costed American taxpayers $1.7 trillion dollars AZ Progressive Nov 2015 #64
what an incredibly weird, dysfunctional thing to say about a family member. KittyWampus Nov 2015 #16
Seems both sons have Daddy issues. They seem to compete for "who loves Daddy patricia92243 Nov 2015 #17
Bush family or Addams family? Maeve Nov 2015 #20
I'm sure a lot of people have killed for him lame54 Nov 2015 #22
Yep, I was thinking the same thing. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #24
Go to jail for Poppy Bush? Maybe he'd end up sharing a cell with Manuel Noriega Bucky Nov 2015 #25
Very small. Octafish Nov 2015 #29
He's done, but at least he can say "I did it my way" Babel_17 Nov 2015 #26
Why, when you can pay someone to do it for you? Octafish Nov 2015 #27
"Borders on" creepy? No, that border was crossed a long time ago tularetom Nov 2015 #31
I love my dad and am glad Generic Other Nov 2015 #32
''I'd go to prison for him.'' Liberalagogo Nov 2015 #37
''I'd kill for him.'' Liberalagogo Nov 2015 #38
No Scarsdale Nov 2015 #48
I'm no psychologist -- heck, not even a Psych major -- but... Fritz Walter Nov 2015 #39
fredo babbles. nt Javaman Nov 2015 #40
Jeb, if you killed one man for your dad FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #41
... and knowing his father's history ... all of the above may have been necessary ... Myrina Nov 2015 #42
its beyond understanding drray23 Nov 2015 #43
Now, we know that Jeb would kill under certain circumstances... kentuck Nov 2015 #44
"I'd send your kids to die for him" Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #49
And his coke head brother did just that. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2015 #67
Aha, Jebs! new campaign slogan!! SummerSnow Nov 2015 #52
From the man who legalized murder in Florida.. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #53
That is a pretty farkin sick thing to say. Darb Nov 2015 #54
Jeb Bush: "I'm running for President to help keep my Dad out of prison." L. Coyote Nov 2015 #55
whole family is a bunch of miscreant sociopaths restorefreedom Nov 2015 #56
As another poster said exboyfil Nov 2015 #58
Well there was that Skull and Bones indoctrination thingy. bkkyosemite Nov 2015 #59
Your brother killed for him and he should be in prison. Iggo Nov 2015 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #61
Creepy hedgehog Nov 2015 #62
That picture/caption made me literally laugh out loud deutsey Nov 2015 #63
I'd be appointed as Governor to a state where cocaine comes through the border Matariki Nov 2015 #66
"I'd go to prison for him. I told him that back in 2000 in Florida" librechik Nov 2015 #68
Thus the new slogan of... 2naSalit Nov 2015 #70
Life in prison for every male member of the Bush Crime Family hifiguy Nov 2015 #74
... spanone Nov 2015 #75
... napkinz Nov 2015 #80
bwahahahahaaa... spanone Nov 2015 #84
Jeb's terrorist pal Orlando Bosch blew up a civilian airliner killing 73 jfern Nov 2015 #79
Poppy let Pinochet blow up a former Ambassador and an American citizen in Washington DC. Octafish Nov 2015 #83
So, I'm guessing this comes up at every Thanksgiving Dinner ThoughtCriminal Nov 2015 #86
his brother did a good job of that when he went into Iraq to avenge his father napkinz Nov 2015 #87

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
1. This guy couldn't run a worse campaign if he was trying
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:48 AM
Nov 2015

A book of emails just to remind people of the fact that the names on those emails were not redacted when they were supposed to have been or should have been. That Jeb doesn't seem to mind playing fast and loose with people's personal info.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
33. I've never seen anyone less interested in winning an election.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:07 AM
Nov 2015

He acts like some bored pothead teenager whose dad is making him go around town looking for a shitty summer landscaping job.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
36. Oh, gods, exactly. From the very beginning he's been this way. He DOESN'T
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:12 AM
Nov 2015

WANT THE JOB. Probably because it's too much work.

hibbing

(10,109 posts)
57. Excellent
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 11:28 AM
Nov 2015

And this pathos from him is rather pathetic, considering his extraordinary privileged life. I truly believe he thought he would waltz right in. Call me crazy, but I still think he will get the nomination.


Peace

malaise

(269,182 posts)
2. If I were a member of that family I'd disappear to a new country
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:48 AM
Nov 2015

and pretend we never existed. Instead the entitled bunch of losers defend themselves as if they were some fucking royal family or some such shit.

JebusEnoughfuggingBushes already!! Goafuckingway!!!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
45. Translation
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:31 AM
Nov 2015

Daddy, leave the largest portion of your money to ME. Have you seen Poppy lately? He has a fixed grimace on his face. He is either demented, or he has finally realised what dumb sons he raised. Whoever originally said "Money can not buy CLASS" must have spent time with the Bush family of miscreants. They are immune to education also.

PatrickforO

(14,592 posts)
28. Well...
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:42 AM
Nov 2015

Neil should have gone to prison for his role in the Silverado Savings meltdown.

W should be in prison now for war crimes.

Jeb should be in prison for helping his brother cheat in 2000 and take the presidency when Gore actually won.

So, with all due respect I'm thinking we've got a hat trick here...

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
46. Jeb
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:33 AM
Nov 2015

He was a partner in a scheme to rip off Medicare in Florida. His partner left the country, taking millions of taxpayer money with him. Jeb arranged to pay a fine of $500 in a case where they "bought" a building worth millions.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
76. The Boosh Boyz are a truly amazing combination
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 06:32 PM
Nov 2015

of utter criminality, absolute stupidity and complete venality. Some of the worst human beings on the planet, but then that acorn doesn't fall very far from the family tree - Prescott was intimately involved with Nazi-controlled business concerns well into WW II and GHW is one of the most purely evil people of the last couple of generations.

America's Borgias.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
47. Poppy
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:35 AM
Nov 2015

Will live forever, on taxpayer money. He and his vile wife suck off other people for a living, have done for many years. They taught their kids well.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
77. Walker/Bush criminality
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 06:35 PM
Nov 2015

has a long tradition. Started with war profiteering 150+ years ago during the Civil War.

Prescott was in the sack, financially speaking, with more Nazis than you could count and it's impossible to even begin to list GHWB's nefarious and criminal associations in this space.

Turn over any rock in the last 150 years and chances are good that there's a Boosh wriggling around under it in the slime.

The entire family is triple-distilled Evil.

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
9. Don't forget, the fourth generation also feels entitled.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:20 AM
Nov 2015

Who knows, Jenna and Not Jenna might be running for Congress in '18.

And the one, Pappy called the little brown one, he's running already, ain't he?

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
34. He's the recently-elected Texas Land Commisioner
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:10 AM
Nov 2015

And he's already in trouble, because he's only shown up for work about half the time while he campaigns with his doofus dad.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
81. I don't think even Rove has the chops to touch this shitshow.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 06:54 PM
Nov 2015

He's a total dirtbag, but he's not that stupid.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
82. I was surprised that he was not involved all along.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:01 PM
Nov 2015

Maybe he had a falling out with them or maybe he knew Jeb! would never be able to cut it, no matter how much evil tutelage he received.

I may never get over 44's being the clever one.

Sienna86

(2,150 posts)
10. Quite an odd statement.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:22 AM
Nov 2015

Loving your dad is great, but adding that you would kill for him? Very interesting.

Botany

(70,588 posts)
19. HW was in Dallas the night before JFK was shot and he drove 200 miles from Dallas on ...
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:43 AM
Nov 2015

.... Nov. 22 1963 to some town or city where he and Barbara mailed some post cards
to their children even tough they would beat the post cards back to their house in
order to have proof they weren't in Dallas when JFK was shot.



Octafish

(55,745 posts)
50. Poppy told FBI he was in Dallas Nov. 22, 1963; 'George Bush of the CIA' interested in Castro ops.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:51 AM
Nov 2015

For one thing, I want to know why...

Poppy Bush warned FBI -- AFTER -- JFK assassinated.

In the hour of the death of President John F. Kennedy, Texas oilman George Herbert Walker Bush named a suspect to the FBI in a "confidential" phone call. He then added he was heading for Dallas. Skeptics need not take my word for it, that's what Poppy told the FBI:



Here's a transcript of the text:



TO: SAC, HOUSTON DATE: 11-22-63

FROM: SA GRAHAM W. KITCHEL

SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY

At 1:45 p.m. Mr. GEORGE H. W. BUSH, President of the Zapata Off-Shore Drilling Company, Houston, Texas, residence 5525 Briar, Houston, telephonically furnished the following information to writer by long distance telephone call from Tyler, Texas.

BUSH stated that he wanted to be kept confidential but wanted to furnish hearsay that he recalled hearing in recent weeks, the day and source unknown. He stated that one JAMES PARROTT has been talking of killing the President when he comes to Houston.

BUSH stated that PARROTT is possibly a student at the University of Houston and is active in political matters in this area. He stated that he felt Mrs. FAWLEY, telephone number SU 2-5239, or ARLINE SMITH, telephone number JA 9-9194 of the Harris County Republican Party Headquarters would be able to furnish additional information regarding the identity of PARROTT.

BUSH stated that he was proceeding to Dallas, Texas, would remain in the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel and return to his residence on 11-23-63. His office telephone number is CA 2-0395.

# # #



Gee. Why was Poppy Bush in Dallas when JFK was assassinated?

Could it be, he was on official business? I suspect he was on Secret Government business. After all, his eldest son bragged during his Texas Air National Guard and Harvard grad school days that his daddy was CIA. It was only in this century that we discovered he was doing CIA business looking for oil in Vietnam in 1967-68.

Another thing I'd like to know regards Poppy Bush's CIA job. Here's an FBI document from the same week of the assassination in which FBI Director J Edgar Hoover briefed one "Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency." Some strange coincidence there, wot?



Here's a transcript of the above:



Date: November 29, 1963

To: Director
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of State

From: John Edgar Hoover, Director

Subject: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
NOVEMBER 22, 1963

Our Miami, Florida, Office on November 23, 1963, advised that the Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs in Miami advised that the Department of State feels some misguided anti-Castro group might capitalize on the present situation and undertake an unauthorized raid against Cuba, believing that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy might herald a change in U. S. policy, which is not true.

Our sources and informants familiar with Cuban matters in the Miami area advise that the general feeling in the anti-Castro Cuban community is one of stunned disbelief and, even among those who did not entirely agree with the President's policy concerning Cuba, the feeling is that the President's death represents a great loss not only to the U. S. but to all of Latin America. These sources know of no plans for unauthorized action against Cuba.

An informant who has furnished reliable information in the past and who is close to a small pro-Castro group in Miami has advised that these individuals are afraid that the assassination of the President may result in strong repressive measures being taken against them and, although pro-Castro in their feelings, regret the assassination.

The substance of the foregoing information was orally furnished to Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency and Captain William Edwards of the Defense Intelligence Agency on November 23, 1963, by Mr. W. T. Forsyth of this Bureau.

# # #



I do remember that GHWB was head of the CIA when the Church and Pike committees were looking into the CIA assassination programs. He made things all friendly-like and turned what had been a serious hunt for truth under previous DCI Colby into another dog-and-pony show that was big on show and light on facts. Seeing how he would go on to become President, as would his dim son, I believe it's vitally important that we learn the Truth.

Why? The United States and the world haven't been the same since November 22, 1963. And not a single major player in the nation's mass media have stepped up and demanded a real investigation. So, it's up to us, We the People.

PS: Poppy Bush sheltered mass-murdering jet-bombing terrorists like Luis Posada Carriles. Jeb calls that murderous fellow "friend."
 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
78. He Was Involved
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 06:48 PM
Nov 2015

But we'll never know. Anyone with knowledge is either brainwashed and loyal, or dead.

Any evidence that existed has long been burned and/or shredded.

All loose ends have been tied up by now. Just like with 9/11, the truth will never be known or proven.

If these criminals have learned anything from Nixon, it's not to leave any shred of evidence when they commit a crime.

 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
18. Heh was just looking through to see if someone had jumped on this yet.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:43 AM
Nov 2015

Took the words right out of my mouth. Would kill for their father, and that's the ONLY reason we now have:

total violent deaths including combatants in Iraq: 224,000

https://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Saddam threatened the life of Sr., so Jr. fabricated a reason, using the post 9/11 fanaticism to manufacture the largest personal payback war of all time.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
16. what an incredibly weird, dysfunctional thing to say about a family member.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:35 AM
Nov 2015

I honestly thought this was a parody it is so weird.

Who the heck says that about a family member?

That's the sort of thing someone would say about a comrade in wartime… IN A MOVIE!

Who thinks this way?

It sounds like some Mafia wannabe punk's attempt at sounding tough but comes of ultimately as insecure.

But then, I really doubt Jeb wrote anything by himself. Republicans are especially prone to having handlers write their books for them and inventing political personae to inhabit. Like McCain, a spoiled underachieving idiot whom Mark Salter packaged as a distinguished and capable war-hero.

patricia92243

(12,601 posts)
17. Seems both sons have Daddy issues. They seem to compete for "who loves Daddy
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:37 AM
Nov 2015

the most." Something is bad wrong here.

Maeve

(42,288 posts)
20. Bush family or Addams family?
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:46 AM
Nov 2015

Gomez: (about Morticia) I would die for her. I would kill for her. Either way, what bliss.

Bucky

(54,068 posts)
25. Go to jail for Poppy Bush? Maybe he'd end up sharing a cell with Manuel Noriega
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:35 AM
Nov 2015

It's not that big a world, after all.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
26. He's done, but at least he can say "I did it my way"
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:39 AM
Nov 2015

But he has to be propped up and rehabilitated a bit. When he bows out his endorsement of another candidate that suits the establishment has to mean something, has to have some weight. Otherwise he'll represent an embarrassing investment of funds. And the establishment already looks more clueless than they care for.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
27. Why, when you can pay someone to do it for you?
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:41 AM
Nov 2015


Felix Rodriguez, Porter Goss, Barry Seal and Operation 40 Friends enjoying a happy occasion.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
31. "Borders on" creepy? No, that border was crossed a long time ago
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:55 AM
Nov 2015

But he has a long way to go to catch up to his brother, who killed thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis for his daddy.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
32. I love my dad and am glad
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:01 AM
Nov 2015

he never needed me to kill for him or go to prison for him! Good grief, Charlie Brown!!

Fritz Walter

(4,292 posts)
39. I'm no psychologist -- heck, not even a Psych major -- but...
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:22 AM
Nov 2015

...I find this disturbing on so many levels.

John Ellis BUSH, please take a few moments to answer a few questions on the on-line Sociopath Test, and let us know the results.

This test is made according to the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual (DSM) V, used by psychiatrists and psychologists to diagnose mental health disorders, a consistent pattern of deception, including repeated lying, is one of seven key characteristics used to determine psychopathy. The other six are:

*Aggressiveness/irritability, evidenced by physical assaults
*Consistently irresponsible work and financial behavior
*Impulsivity/failure to plan ahead
*Lack of remorse for having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from others, as evidenced by indifference or rationalizing
*Reckless disregard for one’s own personal safety and the safety of others
*Repeatedly performing acts that would be grounds for arrest, whether or not the person is actually arrested.


Emphasis added.


FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
41. Jeb, if you killed one man for your dad
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:23 AM
Nov 2015

you would still be trailing your brother by about a million dead bodies.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
42. ... and knowing his father's history ... all of the above may have been necessary ...
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:24 AM
Nov 2015

.... to keep him out of prison.


Does anyone in this country really want another president with Daddy Issues?



drray23

(7,637 posts)
43. its beyond understanding
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 10:28 AM
Nov 2015

How a politician running for president could be do inept as not to see how damaging that kind of statement can be . Does he really have zero clues ?

All these years Jeb was billed as the smart one while W considered dull. I think we got it wrong. W is no genius but even him knew how not to make stupid statements and stick to the script.

Good thing for us democrats anyhow.

 

Darb

(2,807 posts)
54. That is a pretty farkin sick thing to say.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 11:15 AM
Nov 2015

How important is it to beat that guy? I'd say it is farkin vital.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
55. Jeb Bush: "I'm running for President to help keep my Dad out of prison."
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 11:18 AM
Nov 2015

Am I parsing that correctly? He probably doesn't trust Bernie Sanders to do the same.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
56. whole family is a bunch of miscreant sociopaths
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 11:24 AM
Nov 2015

go away, all of you. retire in some secret bunker and leave us alone.

Response to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
63. That picture/caption made me literally laugh out loud
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 12:40 PM
Nov 2015

I'm still laughing as I write this.

Thanks for the laugh...I needed it.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
66. I'd be appointed as Governor to a state where cocaine comes through the border
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 01:24 PM
Nov 2015

just like my brother. For Dad.

2naSalit

(86,798 posts)
70. Thus the new slogan of...
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 01:47 PM
Nov 2015

JEB will fix it!!

If we don't get the fact that this family cabal has been f'ing up the US, our safety and freedom for decades, we deserve the sh*t hitting the fan and it hitting us directly in the face. Is it not already clear that we have been had for decades?

And so many among us decry other dictators. Never doubt that turdblossom is still on the BFEE payroll.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
74. Life in prison for every male member of the Bush Crime Family
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 06:28 PM
Nov 2015

would be an excellent start. Including the original ratfker, GHW.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
83. Poppy let Pinochet blow up a former Ambassador and an American citizen in Washington DC.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 07:17 PM
Nov 2015

Pinochet was Poppy's friend and the historical record shows what one mass murderer can do for another.



Unsealed Documents Show Pinochet 'Directly' Involved in Capitol Hill Assassinations

Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt became 'symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship'

by Sarah Lazare, staff writer
CommonDreams, Oct. 8, 2015

Loved ones have long charged that U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet had a direct hand in the 1976 assassination of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and his Institute for Policy Studies colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt. Now, they may finally be vindicated.

The administration of President Barack Obama on Thursday publicly released documents that appear to show that Pinochet was behind the murders of Letelier and Moffitt, who have become "symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship," Sarah Anderson, director of the Global Economy Project at IPS, told Common Dreams.

The materials, which include CIA papers, were given to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

SNIP...

Letelier’s son, Chilean Senator Juan Pablo Letelier, is one of the few people who has reviewed the trove and confirmed to the Guardian that they conclusively show Pinochet directly ordered the killing. In addition, the documents reportedly reveal that Pinochet had intended to cover up his role in the assassination by killing his spy chief.

"In (Pinochet’s) predisposition to defend his position he planned to eliminate Manuel Contreras to keep him from talking," Senator Letelier told the Mesa Central show on Tele13 Radio.

CONTINUED...

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/10/08/unsealed-documents-show-pinochet-directly-involved-capitol-hill-assassinations

From 2006: Know your BFEE: Los Amigos de Bush

ThoughtCriminal

(14,049 posts)
86. So, I'm guessing this comes up at every Thanksgiving Dinner
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:36 PM
Nov 2015

Okay boys, who would take the fall for Dad? Say if hypothetically, someone produced a smoking gun for "October Surprise" ?

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