americas watch, status of u.s. human rights policy, 1987 : hearing before the subcommittee on human...

123 Congress should not attempt to revitalize it. Furthermore, this Committee should conduct a thorough review of the police aid programs it has already put in place. As I have noted above, the Administration has treated Congressional human rights conditions on police aid to El Salvador with complete contempt. Another police aid program, the Anti-Terrorism Assistance Act, is also controversial. Last summer, for example, 76 Salvadoran officers were trained in the United States. Though the participants were to have been screened by the U.S. Embassy, three well-known officers believed to be involved in death squad activities were trained by the Phoenix police Department and the Arizona state police force. CBS News reported on August 5, 1986 that "...two senior intelligence officials — one Salvadoran, the other American — have told CBS News that despite State Department denials the death squad accusations are in fact true." As a result of the scandal, the Phoenix City Council abruptly terminated its police force's participation in the training, as did Northwestern University which was coordinating the program. The Anti-terrorism Assistance Program has also been controversial in Jamaica, which has an astonishingly high rate of police homicide, and deplorable conditions of detention. While Jamaican police violence does not appear to be politically motivated, but, rather, a matter of police side-stepping Jamaica's respected judicial system and simply executing unarmed suspects in the course of apprehension, U.S. association with such brutality is very controversial on the island and should be here. In conclusion, I would like to direct your attention to one aspect of the Iran arms sale scandal which has received little Generated on 2015-08-06 23:28 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000013049768 Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google

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"the Administration has treated Congressional human rights conditions on police aid to El Salvador with complete contempt. Last summer, for example, 76 Salvadoran officers were trained in the United States. Though the participants were to have been screened by the U.S. Embassy, three well-known officers believed to be involved in death squad activities were trained by the Phoenix police Department and the Arizona state police force. CBS News reported on August 5, 1986 that 'two senior intelligence officials one Salvadoran, the other American have told CBS News that despite State Department denials the death squad accusations are in fact true.'"

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Congress should not attempt to revitalize it. Furthermore, thisCommittee should conduct a thorough review of the police aid

programs it has already put in place. As I have noted above, theAdministration has treated Congressional human rights conditions

on police aid to El Salvador with complete contempt. Anotherpolice aid program, the Anti-Terrorism Assistance Act, is alsocontroversial. Last summer, for example, 76 Salvadoran officerswere trained in the United States. Though the participants were

to have been screened by the U.S. Embassy, three well-known

officers believed to be involved in death squad activities weretrained by the Phoenix police Department and the Arizona statepolice force. CBS News reported on August 5, 1986 that "...two

senior intelligence officials one Salvadoran, the otherAmerican have told CBS News that despite State Departmentdenials the death squad accusations are in fact true." As a

result of the scandal, the Phoenix City Council abruptly

terminated its police force's participation in the training, asdid Northwestern University which was coordinating the program.The Anti-terrorism Assistance Program has also been controversial

in Jamaica, which has an astonishingly high rate of police

homicide, and deplorable conditions of detention. While Jamaicanpolice violence does not appear to be politically motivated, but,rather, a matter of police side-stepping Jamaica's respected

judicial system and simply executing unarmed suspects in thecourse of apprehension, U.S. association with such brutality isvery controversial on the island and should be here.

In conclusion, I would like to direct your attention to oneaspect of the Iran arms sale scandal which has received little

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