| | | Media Coverage of the "FARC Files" |
| | Background
On May 10, 2011 The Guardian
newspaper in the UK
and the New York Times
published stories on the
May 10 release of a
compilation of records
allegedlyfrom computers and
flash drives seized in a 2008
cross border raid in Ecuador of a camp
whereColombian FARC commander
Raul Reyes was negotiating FARC
prisoner releases. Reyes and
others were killed in the bombing,
but several computers and thumb
drives were supposedly captured
undamaged. The International
Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS),
a right-wing British think tank,
has released what it claims were files
on those computers. While
The Guardian and New York Times
stories included brief' statements
of doubt about the credibility
of the files, on May 11 McCatchy
and perhaps other wire services
circulated stories that reported the
allegations as if they were facts. Below are
talking points for letters to the editor or radio
show call-ins to set the record straight.
1. The international law enforcement
agency INTERPOL stated of its 2008
examination of the computers that
the Colombian military's treatment
of the files "did not conform to
internationally recognized principles
for the ordinary handling of
electronic evidence by law
enforcement."
The report said that in the one
week thatColombian authorities
had the computers before turning
them over to INTERPOL that 9,440
files were modified and 2,905
were deleted.
2. There is no supporting documentation
of the claim that the FARC
gave $40,000 to Ecuadoran President
Rafael Correa's presidential re-election
campaign. Correa denies the allegation.
3. There is no evidence to the claim
that the Venezuela government
of President Hugo Chavez asked
the FARC to assassinate political opponents.
In fact there have been no
assassinations of government opponents.
There have beena few targeted
killings of pro-government
union organizers |
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