Michael Townley and the Thumbprint of a Dead-Man's Switch
A 1978 confession from a Chilean hitman reveals a desperate attempt to trade state secrets for survival after the car bombing of Orlando Letelier in Washington, D.C.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Michael Townley
Michael Townley and the American-Sourced Sarin Gas
A death squad’s quest for nerve gas utilized American suppliers and targets; the FBI’s record of the plot remained internal for decades, shielding the names of those who sold the precursors.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Michael Townley and the 33-Year Silence on a DINA Hit
Two people died in a Washington car bomb, and the American who helped build it wrote a critique of the failure that the US government kept secret until 2015
By Theo Marchetti ·