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...divided over what policy to pursue in response to Pinochet's arrest," says TIME correspondent Adam Zagorin. "Right now that policy is in flux." On Monday State Department spokesman James Rubin promised the U.S. would "declassify and make public as much information as possible" over human rights abuses in Chile under Pinochet; then on Wednesday he said that meant only that the U.S. would "review" the those documents. Rubin's shuffling is reflective of a fierce debate in the State Department and National Security Council...
Lately, a lot more has been bothering General Augusto Pinochet of Chile than his bad back. Visiting the United Kingdom for surgery, the former dictator of Chile was threatened with extradition by a Spanish judge for mass murder and brutality during his reign. Britain's House of Lords declined to give him the immunity heads of state usually receive, since hostage-taking and torture "do not qualify as legitimate acts of a head of state." By December 11, the British home secretary must decide whether or not to give the man with the bad back a break...
Pinochet may not end up being the precedentsetter that human rights advocates have dreamed of. Chances are good that by the deadline of December 11, the British will decide that his arrest isn't worth damaging their diplomatic relations with Chile and will set him free. But there are plenty of other dictators out there, and most of them aren't that hard to find. They are in hotels in Paris and resorts around the free world, ordering pina coladas while we watch them on TV. They may not know it, but they are testing us, determining whether we really...
...Although U.S. officials have indicated that they plan to release sealed documents concerning human rights abuses in Chile -- which include the murder of American citizens -- "they're still unlikely to release anything that would endanger U.S. security, and that may include information that embarrasses the U.S.," says Dowell. In other words, don't expect more Pentagon Papers...
Along with their collaborator, Andrea Repetto, an economics professor at the University of Chile, Laibson and Tobacman will each receive $1,000 in prize money for their entry...