Drip, Drip, Drip
The Venezuelan government notes that the Rio Declaration will go down in history as an example for neighborly relations. There is nothing in the agreement, however, about the dissemination of information, and so the Colombian government’s strategy is to leak documents from the laptops.
Do it all at once, and interest will wane quickly. Do it bit by bit, keep getting attention, and the impact is greater. The current crop of documents has not been too damning of Venezuela, so Hugo Chávez has not responded—I wonder what will happen when that changes.
Regardless, it is important to note that, as far as I have read, no outside experts have yet looked at the laptops. Interpol apparently is sending people who will arrive in Colombia next week.
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Lost in the craziness that was Friday, the OAS said that they did not have the technical capacity to examine the laptops and asked for someone else (they recommended Interpol) to do it.
I suppose that shouldn't be surprising, since the OAS doesn't investigate crime. But there must be Latin Americans capable of doing so--Brazil, Chile, etc. have no such experts who could give an independent assessment?
Brazil, Chile and Mexico maybe. However, in recent years the Colombian police electronic forensics team has become one of the best in the developing world (see this recent article out of USNWR).
If this was a crime out of Mexico, Brazil or Chile, those governments would probably be calling in the Colombians to help crack the laptop files. Obviously, that doesn't help here.
Brazil's hacking community still tops Latin America, but I don't think that helps their government in legal matters very much.
Brazil, Chile and Mexico maybe. However, in recent years the Colombian police electronic forensics team has become one of the best in the developing world
Oh great, let's have Colombian police electronic forensics give us the scoop. No conflict of interests there!
I guess the "Fox guarding the henhouse" bit never quite occurred to Boz.
I almost feel bad for Justin as he watches the lies of his master come undone.
Almost.
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So it's just false to suggest that Chavez has rhetorically supported the guerrillas' armed struggles."
~Justin Delacour
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