While Bill Clinton publicly cut off military aid to Indonesia, a secret cable shows the U.S. played the "friend" to a general whose forces were razing East Timor to the ground.
By Desmond Okafor ·
The president and his senior staff were warned in September 1999 that the Indonesian military would keep its ties to violent militias, a fact kept from the public while killers retreated to West Timor
By Harlan Pryce ·
The Clinton administration chose to ignore "overwhelming" evidence of military-led atrocities in East Timor to secure a security pact with General Wiranto.
By Desmond Okafor ·