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repressionK :o which 4 would add: (ow was it that 0er*itsky could *e mentioned, *y name, in a *ook read *y the same +icious military he opposed in armed struggle, and not *e *otheredK My first *ook--.ossier &ecreto, called a 7tour de force= in a full-page re+iew in the 2unday New 2or$ 3imes--helps put many of these enduring myths to *ed! For as Aresident John F! @ennedy once said: ""For the great enemy of the truth is +ery often not the lie--deli*erate, contri+ed and dishonest--*ut the myth--persistent, persuasi+e, and unrealistic! ":oo often we hold fast to the clich5s of our fore*ears! 1e su*Iect all facts to a prefa*ricated set of interpretations! 1e enIoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought!" >>> 4 knew -arlos Menem +ery well, ha+ing accompanied 2enator @ennedy to his La ,ioIa pro+ince to honor the martyred 3ishop EnriHue Angelleli, who the military murdered in $%&'! Later Menem promised me three high-paying Dand little workG Io*s--one when he was still go+ernor of La ,ioIa, the other two when he was already president! 4 knew only later that, at least in the second offer, he wanted me to help "e8plain" the necessity of pardon to li*eral Memocrats like 2enator Edward @ennedy and others in 1ashington, M!-! and, they suspected, in editorial *oard rooms in the most prestigious newspapers and magaEines! At the same time, howe+er, Menem's key aide, Al*erto @ohan, +ery close to the 1ashington intelligence esta*lishment as well as international arms traffickers, admitted to me that Menem was also going to pardon supposed Montonero guerrilla leader Firmenich! :his despite the fact that he knew that Firmenich was really an Argentine army intelligence dou*le agentand that in fact there was no "*alance" in Menem's mo+e *ecause all those to *e pardoned worked for the military, some in uniform, others posed in pro+ocati+e workers' khaki! http: www!offnews!info +erArticulo!phpKcontenido4MNF""OF