<story><title>The CIA-in-Chile Scandal at 50</title><url>https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile/2024-09-09/cia-chile-scandal-50</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>neilv</author><text>If you have fatigue from years of reading about all sorts of underhanded spy action and diplomatic choices, one noteworthy thing about this writeup is that it shows multiple US officials who seemed to be acting with integrity and admirable values.&lt;p&gt;One of the earlier times I was reading about underhandedness, it involved a US ambassador raising red flags about grave human rights abuses by the foreign gov&amp;#x27;t.  For whatever reason, that ambassador was replaced by one who would publicly deny what was going on.  At the time I read that (long after it happened), I paid attention to the latter, villain ambassador, but not enough attention to the earlier ambassador, who seemed to be on the right side.&lt;p&gt;A bit like the saying from Mister Rogers lore, &amp;quot;Look for the helpers.&amp;quot;[1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.goodreads.com&amp;#x2F;quotes&amp;#x2F;198594-when-i-was-a-boy-and-i-would-see-scary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.goodreads.com&amp;#x2F;quotes&amp;#x2F;198594-when-i-was-a-boy-and...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The CIA-in-Chile Scandal at 50</title><url>https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile/2024-09-09/cia-chile-scandal-50</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>m_a_g</author><text>What the US did in South America is appalling, and I can&amp;#x27;t believe they got away with it.&lt;p&gt;The women of Calama have been searching for decades for their children, brothers, and husbands who disappeared during the dictatorship of Pinochet.</text></comment>