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Revision as of 14:48, 23 February 2018
 Office of Public Safety    | |
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| Formation | 1957 |
| Extinction | 1974 |
| Parent organization | USAID |
| Exposed by | James Abourezk |
The Office of Public Safety was a division of USAID.
According to a 1973 document revealed in the Family jewels CIA documents, around 700 police officers were trained a year in the handling of explosives.[1] James Abourezk revealed that it had also been training torture techniques.
It was shut down in 1974.
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References
- ↑ Family jewels, pages 600-603
