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Blair Denies Backing Indonesian Atrocities in East Timor

HeadlineJan 23, 2009

On Capitol Hill, Admiral Dennis Blair faced questions about his role in supporting Indonesian atrocities in East Timor during his confirmation hearing Thursday on becoming Director of National Intelligence. Blair denied breaking with official US policy and supporting the general in charge of a massacre in a Catholic Church. Blair says he told the Indonesian military to end torture and mass killings of East Timorese. Blair said, “Those who say that I was somehow carrying out my own policy or saying things that were not in accordance with American policy are just flat, flat wrong.” US cables and Church documents obtained by the veteran journalist Allan Nairn have directly contradicted Blair’s claims.

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