On April 12, at the
request of the President of the United States, the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence (ODNI) released a fourth and final tranche of records for
the U.S. Declassification Project for Argentina.
Today’s release
marked the completion of the project, which originated with a personal request
by Argentine President Mauricio Macri in 2016 to provide the Government of
Argentina with declassified records related to human rights abuses committed
during the military occupancy of Argentina between 1975 and 1984. Previous
tranches of records were released in April 2016, December 2016, and April 2017.
The final
release of records is the result of a multi-year effort that involved 16
departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government, including the
Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the National Archives and Records Administration, the archives
of four presidential libraries, and several components of the Department of
Defense.
A formal
ceremony, including the official transfer of the records, took place this
morning at the National Archives and Records Center in Washington, D.C.
Following the
event, an online portal housing the entire collection of records declassified
and released for the project launched at intel.gov/argentina.
The online portal is hosted by ODNI and contains nearly 50,000 pages.
The project is the largest government-to-government declassification release in United States history. These newly declassified records represent a continued commitment by the United States to promote justice and reconciliation in Argentina, to underscore the importance of transparency, and to highlight our shared commitment to human rights.
Source: ODNI
By Loren Blinde
April 16, 2019
