Laurie Becklund
had
The Courage To Uncover
The Hidden, Ugly Truth Behind
The Lies of The Powerful ...
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Laurie Becklund dies at 66; former L.A. Times reporter, author
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Laurie Beckland, on the right, with the murderous, US-supported Dictator of El Salvador, Roberto D'Aubuisson (center), in 1982.
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What She Did:
The Reagan Administration insisted to the press and the world that the epidemic of killings in El Salvador of activists, democratic reformers and priests (all targets being on the Left) that had been occurring there in the early 1980s were being done by "unknown rogue groups with no discernable allegiance".
It was all a lie, as Beckland PROVED beyond all doubt the involvement of the heavily US-backed Government's own Death Squads, set-up largely with help from US advisors and fund$ from the Reagan Administration itself.
The Reagan Administration had been
caught in a lie.
The Reagan administration had argued that the death squads were rogue
groups with no discernible allegiances, but Becklund proved otherwise. -
See more at:
http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/la-me-laurie-becklund-20150210,0,1386520.story#sthash.wXavHlpq.dpuf
"They
call it Door of the Devil," wrote Times journalist Laurie Becklund in
1983, "a craggy spot not far from downtown San Salvador where the earth
ends, plunging into a sheer, mist-filled ravine."
Becklund had been reporting from El Salvador for nearly four years and had finished a series of stories that would change America's perception of the violence ravaging that country.
"It's always a little foggy," a former police officer told her, "and there are these big rocks you can stand on top of to throw somebody over."
The officer worked for one of the country's intelligence agencies, and his matter-of-fact description of murder was a revelation. The Reagan administration had argued that the death squads were rogue groups with no discernible allegiances, but Becklund proved otherwise.
- See more at: http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/la-me-laurie-becklund-20150210,0,1386520.story#sthash.wXavHlpq.dpuf
Becklund had been reporting from El Salvador for nearly four years and had finished a series of stories that would change America's perception of the violence ravaging that country.
"It's always a little foggy," a former police officer told her, "and there are these big rocks you can stand on top of to throw somebody over."
The officer worked for one of the country's intelligence agencies, and his matter-of-fact description of murder was a revelation. The Reagan administration had argued that the death squads were rogue groups with no discernible allegiances, but Becklund proved otherwise.
- See more at: http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/la-me-laurie-becklund-20150210,0,1386520.story#sthash.wXavHlpq.dpuf
"They
call it Door of the Devil," wrote Times journalist Laurie Becklund in
1983, "a craggy spot not far from downtown San Salvador where the earth
ends, plunging into a sheer, mist-filled ravine."
Becklund had been reporting from El Salvador for nearly four years and had finished a series of stories that would change America's perception of the violence ravaging that country.
"It's always a little foggy," a former police officer told her, "and there are these big rocks you can stand on top of to throw somebody over."
The officer worked for one of the country's intelligence agencies, and his matter-of-fact description of murder was a revelation. The Reagan administration had argued that the death squads were rogue groups with no discernible allegiances, but Becklund proved otherwise.
- See more at: http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/la-me-laurie-becklund-20150210,0,1386520.story#sthash.wXavHlpq.dpuf
Becklund had been reporting from El Salvador for nearly four years and had finished a series of stories that would change America's perception of the violence ravaging that country.
"It's always a little foggy," a former police officer told her, "and there are these big rocks you can stand on top of to throw somebody over."
The officer worked for one of the country's intelligence agencies, and his matter-of-fact description of murder was a revelation. The Reagan administration had argued that the death squads were rogue groups with no discernible allegiances, but Becklund proved otherwise.
- See more at: http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/la-me-laurie-becklund-20150210,0,1386520.story#sthash.wXavHlpq.dpuf
The
Reagan Administration continually (and dishonestly) said that the death
squads were composed of independent rightists, unknown and unknowable,
with no affiliation to government or army. We were to prove differently.
- See more at:
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Showcase.view&showcaseid=00126#sthash.FNJ7ZpUv.dpuf
The
Reagan Administration continually (and dishonestly) said that the death
squads were composed of independent rightists, unknown and unknowable,
with no affiliation to government or army. We were to prove differently.
- See more at:
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Showcase.view&showcaseid=00126#sthash.FNJ7ZpUv.dpuflink:
