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 ·
State Terrorism
Benavides and the "Small Circle" that Executed the Jesuits
Six priests and two women were slaughtered in their beds while U.S. investigators tracked the blood trail, leaving the true chain of command in the shadows for decades.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Hernan Ricardo Lozano and the Colgate Tube That Killed 73
The 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner wiped out a national sports team, but the key testimony was extracted in a Caribbean police station under conditions the record doesn't explain.
By Theo Marchetti ·