Wiranto and the Blacked-Out Bill for East Timor
A 1999 telegram, heavily redacted, shows the bargain struck between a U.S. Secretary of Defense and the general who denied the murder of East Timorese civilians
By Harlan Pryce ·
Military Aid
Gen. Augusto Moreno Guerrero and the 1985 Plan for a Colombian Reagan
One hundred and one people died when the military stormed the Palace of Justice, and the U.S. Embassy spent the aftermath weighing how this bloodbath could buy a right-wing pivot in Bogotá.
By Roy Castellano ·
Stalin Arms Mao With 1,652 Guns to Brace for American Attack
Mao Anying was killed by napalm while his father and Joseph Stalin promised 1,652 guns to counter a feared American attack in spring 1953.
By Vera Kessler ·