As for Pinochet, Bush didn't appear to hold a grudge against this foreign leader who had sponsored a terrorist attack under the nose of the U.S. government at a time when Bush was chief of U.S. intelligence.
In 1998, when Pinochet was detained in Great Britain on an extradition request from Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, who was pursuing Pinochet for his role in killing Spanish citizens, one of the world leaders who rallied to Pinochet's defense was George H.W. Bush, then the former President of the United States.
Bush called the case against Pinochet "a travesty of justice" and urged that Pinochet be sent home to Chile "as soon as possible," a position ultimately endorsed by the British courts.
Now, eight years later, the baton of the Letelier-Moffitt-murder cover-up has passed to a new Bush generation, with George W. Bush now protecting Pinochet from prosecution and sparing the Bush Family possible exposure as hypocrites on terrorism.
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In 1998, when Pinochet was detained in Great Britain on an extradition request from Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, who was pursuing Pinochet for his role in killing Spanish citizens, one of the world leaders who rallied to Pinochet's defense was George H.W. Bush, then the former President of the United States.
Bush called the case against Pinochet "a travesty of justice" and urged that Pinochet be sent home to Chile "as soon as possible," a position ultimately endorsed by the British courts.
Now, eight years later, the baton of the Letelier-Moffitt-murder cover-up has passed to a new Bush generation, with George W. Bush now protecting Pinochet from prosecution and sparing the Bush Family possible exposure as hypocrites on terrorism.
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