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Starmer appoints national security adviser who negotiated secret deal to free genocider Pinochet (skwawkbox.org)

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

It absolutely argues that:

Frei argued to Blair that neither government would benefit if Pinochet were to die in England and that he could be tried in Chilean courts. […] Blair undertook to do what he could within the law provided the exchanges between the two leaders were kept secret. The authors claim that Blair suggested setting up a 'back channel', with two people appointed to liaise between the leaders' private offices.