notevenpast.org/patterns-assumptions-and-suspicions-a-review-of-chile-in-their-hearts-by-john-dinges Patterns, Assumptions, and Suspicions: A Review of Chile in their Hearts, by John Dinges
Reviewing John Dinges' book on Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, killed after Chile's 1973 coup, the essay explains how the key eyewitness claim of CIA involvement was recanted. It argues the real scandal is a US diplomatic cover-up reflecting a broader Cold War pattern of tolerating regime abuses.