Re: [Marxism] More on Interpol Report

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Anthony Boynton
<anthony.boynton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here is a link to a good article about the Interpol report on the
> computers alleged to have been taken from the bombed camp of
> assasinated FARC leader Raul Reyes in Ecuador.
>
> http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/
>
> The website is Venezuelanalysis.com and the article is title
> "Venezuela Dismisses Interpol Presentation, Computer Experts Question
> Report's Reliability", by Gregory Wilpert.
>
> One interesting fact about the Interpol report noted at the end of the
> excerpt below is that over 4,000 files in the computer had FUTURE
> dates, i.e. dates after the computers were allegedly removed from
> Reyes camp which had been destroyed by bombs.
>
> The shameless Interpol report nevertheless did everything it could to
> spin the evidence in favor of the Colombian government's assertions
> that the computers belonged to Reyes and have not been tampered with.
>
> The reason is clear: these computers are being used to prepare
> Colombian public opinion for war with Venezuela. If you doubt this
> check out the article on this link from Semana magazine
>
> http://www.semana.com/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?idArt=111918
>
> Excerpt from "Venezuela Dismisses Interpol Presentation, Computer
> Experts Question Report's Reliability" follows.
>
> Anthony
>
> "... Computer science professor Emilio Hernandez of the Simon Bolivar
> University in Venezuela said to Venezuelan state radio station RNV
> that Interpol failed to "explain that it is perfectly feasible to
> change files and change their dates." That is, in the two days between
> the apprehension of the computer equipment and when it was turned over
> to forensics experts, when standard practices for preserving evidence
> were not observed, it could have been altered without such alterations
> being detectable.


You should write letters to the editor of the New York Times
protesting about this editorial that appeared in the NYT today:

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May 25, 2008
Editorial
Mr. Chávez's Unsavory Friends
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/opinion/25sun2.html?ref=opinion>

President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela has been caught. Despite his
protestations of innocence, Interpol has corroborated the authenticity
of thousands of computer files captured during a Colombian Army raid
on a FARC rebel camp in Venezuela. Only a small share of this trove
has been released, but it leaves little doubt that Venezuela has been
aiding the guerrillas' effort to overthrow Colombia's democratically
elected government.

The Colombian government released documents from the computers that
suggest Venezuelan intelligence officials tried to secure weapons for
the FARC and that Mr. Chávez's government offered the rebels oil and a
$250 million loan. Information in the files has already led to the
seizure of FARC funds in Costa Rica.

Colombia can now take the issue to the Organization of American
States, the United Nations Security Council or the International Court
of Justice. But it might need further corroborating evidence, as
Interpol only certified that the Colombian government did not tamper
with the files but said nothing about the veracity of their content.

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