Difference between revisions of "Daniel Mitrione"
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|death_date=August 10, 1970 | |death_date=August 10, 1970 | ||
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| − | '''Daniel Mitrione''' was a US policeman turned spook who taught [[torture]] techniques to police in [[South America]]. | + | '''Daniel Anthony "Dan" Mitrione''' was a US policeman turned spook who taught [[torture]] techniques to police in [[South America]]. |
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| + | Daniel Mitrione joined the [[FBI]] in 1959.<ref name=spartacus>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmitrione.htm</ref> | ||
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In 1960, he was assigned to the [[US State Department]]'s [[International Cooperation Administration]], going to [[South American]] countries to teach "advanced counterinsurgency techniques." [[A. J. Langguth]], a former ''[[New York Times]]'' bureau chief in [[Saigon]], claimed that Mitrione was among the US advisers teaching [[Brazil]]ian police how much electric shock to apply to prisoners without killing them.<ref>Langguth, p. 40</ref> Langguth also claimed that older police officers were replaced "when the [[CIA]] and the U.S. police advisers had turned to harsher measures and sterner men"<ref>Langguth, p. 286</ref> and that under Mitrione as the new head of the US Public Safety program in [[Uruguay]], the United States "introduced a system of nationwide identification cards, like those in Brazil… [and] torture had become routine at the [[Montevideo]] [police] jefatura."<ref name="nsa71">[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB71/ Nixon: "Brazil Helped Rig the Uruguayan Elections", 1971], ''[[National Security Archive|National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 71]]'', June 20, 2002</ref> | In 1960, he was assigned to the [[US State Department]]'s [[International Cooperation Administration]], going to [[South American]] countries to teach "advanced counterinsurgency techniques." [[A. J. Langguth]], a former ''[[New York Times]]'' bureau chief in [[Saigon]], claimed that Mitrione was among the US advisers teaching [[Brazil]]ian police how much electric shock to apply to prisoners without killing them.<ref>Langguth, p. 40</ref> Langguth also claimed that older police officers were replaced "when the [[CIA]] and the U.S. police advisers had turned to harsher measures and sterner men"<ref>Langguth, p. 286</ref> and that under Mitrione as the new head of the US Public Safety program in [[Uruguay]], the United States "introduced a system of nationwide identification cards, like those in Brazil… [and] torture had become routine at the [[Montevideo]] [police] jefatura."<ref name="nsa71">[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB71/ Nixon: "Brazil Helped Rig the Uruguayan Elections", 1971], ''[[National Security Archive|National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 71]]'', June 20, 2002</ref> | ||
| − | In 1978 [[Manuel Hevia Cosculluela]], a CIA agent who had worked with Mitrione in Montevideo, published a book about his experiences | + | In 1967 Mitrione returned to the United States to share his experiences and expertise on "counterguerilla warfare" at [[USAID]].<ref name=spartacus/> |
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| + | In 1978 [[Manuel Hevia Cosculluela]], a CIA agent who had worked with Mitrione in [[Montevideo]], published ''Eight Years with the CIA'', a book about his experiences. According to Cosculluela, Mitrione had tortured four beggars to death with electric shocks at a 1970 seminar to demonstrate his techniques for Uruguayan police trainees. Cosculluela reported that Mitrione worked under William Cantrell, another CIA agent.<ref>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmitrione.htm</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 02:14, 21 March 2020
 Daniel Mitrione     (policeman) | |
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| Born | August 4, 1920 |
| Died | August 10, 1970 (Age 50) |
Cause of death | gunshot |
| Victim of | murder |
| Interests | torture |
US policeman turned spook who taught torture techniques to police in South America. | |
Daniel Anthony "Dan" Mitrione was a US policeman turned spook who taught torture techniques to police in South America.
Career
Daniel Mitrione joined the FBI in 1959.[1]
In 1960, he was assigned to the US State Department's International Cooperation Administration, going to South American countries to teach "advanced counterinsurgency techniques." A. J. Langguth, a former New York Times bureau chief in Saigon, claimed that Mitrione was among the US advisers teaching Brazilian police how much electric shock to apply to prisoners without killing them.[2] Langguth also claimed that older police officers were replaced "when the CIA and the U.S. police advisers had turned to harsher measures and sterner men"[3] and that under Mitrione as the new head of the US Public Safety program in Uruguay, the United States "introduced a system of nationwide identification cards, like those in Brazil… [and] torture had become routine at the Montevideo [police] jefatura."[4]
In 1967 Mitrione returned to the United States to share his experiences and expertise on "counterguerilla warfare" at USAID.[1]
In 1978 Manuel Hevia Cosculluela, a CIA agent who had worked with Mitrione in Montevideo, published Eight Years with the CIA, a book about his experiences. According to Cosculluela, Mitrione had tortured four beggars to death with electric shocks at a 1970 seminar to demonstrate his techniques for Uruguayan police trainees. Cosculluela reported that Mitrione worked under William Cantrell, another CIA agent.[5]
References
- ↑ a b http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmitrione.htm
- ↑ Langguth, p. 40
- ↑ Langguth, p. 286
- ↑ Nixon: "Brazil Helped Rig the Uruguayan Elections", 1971, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 71, June 20, 2002
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmitrione.htm
