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19. Colombia Downplays Report of CIA Covert Program

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 04:19 PM

Dec 2013

Colombia Downplays Report of CIA Covert Program
BOGOTA, Colombia December 23, 2013 (AP)
By Associated Press

Colombia's government is downplaying a newspaper report that a covert CIA program helped it kill two dozen rebel leaders.

Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said on Monday that cooperation with the US intelligence and special forces has been going on for some time and is widely recognized as having been instrumental in helping break the backs of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

The Washington Post on Sunday detailed features of a CIA program that boosted Colombia's ability to eavesdrop on FARC communications and transform regular munitions into GPS-guided "smart bombs" that were used against high-priority FARC targets.

The multibillion-dollar CIA program was funded secretly and separately from $9 billion in mostly military aid that the U.S. has provided to Colombia over the past decade.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/colombia-downplays-report-cia-covert-program-21314783

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Washington Post: Covert action in Colombia Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author delrem Dec 2013 #2

A good example why there's so much resistance to NSA changes. QuestForSense Dec 2013 #6

Operation Phoenix never ended... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #3

This among imthevicar Dec 2013 #4

What doubt? Scuba Dec 2013 #5

That's all well and good, but Maduro picked his nose with his left index-finger Alamuti Lotus Dec 2013 #7

The Ugly Side Of American Empire - So Much For All That Promised Obama Transparency cantbeserious Dec 2013 #8

We can afford this crap but we need to cut food stamps? Dustlawyer Dec 2013 #9

Hey, the rebels might disrupt the cocaine supply to the rich Americans. Coyotl Dec 2013 #10

" the program is classified and ongoing. " MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #11

That's the bit that got to me as well BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #15

Foreign entanglements, it's what we do. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #12

Did anyone think this wasn't going on? nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #13

Oh, then, it's cool. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #21

Like the Dulles Brothers never left. Octafish Dec 2013 #35

Doesnt surprise me. But doesnt really bother me either. They'd just turn Columbia into Venezuela. 7962 Dec 2013 #14

Reads like republican policy. Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #16

Well, in Columbia, considering the fact that they carry out attacks and kill a lot of people, sure. 7962 Dec 2013 #17

Sick answer. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #22

Santos was elected too. 7962 Dec 2013 #24

K&R DeSwiss Dec 2013 #18

Colombia Downplays Report of CIA Covert Program Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #19

Did Covert U.S. Program Targeting Rebel Leaders Help Undermine Colombia’s Peace Process? Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #20

Good. FARC is a terrorist organization Freddie Stubbs Dec 2013 #23

FARC is a decades old, rural based, popular guerrilla army. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #25

No just ones who keep in business by kidnapping and guarding cocaine production. nt EX500rider Dec 2013 #26

Guerrilla armies take their funds where they can obtain them. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #28

Now they are nothing more than a criminal gang living off of drugs and kidnapping hack89 Dec 2013 #27

That's wishful thinking. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #29

Drugs, kidnapping and child soldiers - that is the FARC today hack89 Dec 2013 #30

Wildly off track, either through ignorance, or because of intentional misrepresentation. Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #31

You are truly amazing, Judi Lynn hack89 Dec 2013 #33

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For anyone who's in the dark concerning the Colombian paramilitary death squads: Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #34

Mythmaking in the Washington Post: Washington’s Real Aims in Colombia Judi Lynn Dec 2013 #36

k & r! nt wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #37