War Crimes
* Re “Blame Hits Right Target,” editorial, May 28: Justice may finally be served with the precedent of indicting government leaders for heinous acts which they either approved or had knowledge of and ignored. The U.S. contributed $5 billion to the government of El Salvador, in addition to training some of the torturers at the School of the Americas in their methods of counterinsurgency, including torture. The crimes of those tortured and killed were that they wanted a democratic form of government and they wanted to organize their work forces.
Which U.S. government officials from 1986 do you think will be indicted for supporting the death squads and tactics of torture of the governments of El Salvador and Guatemala?
MARC SADOFF
Program for Torture Victims
Pacific Palisades
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