Strassera: Attacking Bergoglio is 'vile'

[struggle4progress]

Ex public prosecutor Julio César Strassera, who played a key role in the historic trial against the military, considered a “vile trick” the allegations involving now Pope Francis with Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship.

“This is all a vile trick, absolutely false. During the whole trial, there was no mention to Bergoglio,” Strassera affirmed and added that the investigation report “Never more” by the National Commission about the Disappearance of People (CONADEP) makes “no reference” to the newly elected pontiff either.

Julio Strassera - Argentina’s public prosecutor during the country’s return to democracy in 1983 under the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín - accused certain officials of the national government of being “so megalomaniac” ... “They can not bear that someone who they have despised is now over them both in Argentina and the world. This is unbearable for them,” Strassera told reporters of Mitre radio station ...

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/126532/strassera-attacking-bergoglio-is-vile

[Kolesar]

1. Habeas Corpus inquiries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_C%C3%A9sar_Strassera

Role during the Dirty War
His tenure as Federal Prosecutor coincided with the height of the Dirty War, and a large number of Habeas Corpus inquiries were solicited at his office during this period, many from friends and family of political prisoners. Strassera, however, refused to file most of these.[2]

Later Career
Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández pointed to Strassera's sanctions against lawyers who presented Habeas Corpus petitions during the 1976 — 83 dictatorship as proof that his role in the subsequent Trial of the Juntas was merely pretense,[3] and Strassera, in turn, accused the Kirchners of "never having done anything for human rights in Argentina," and instead "dedicating themselves to making money."[16]
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Lots to learn

[Boomerproud]

2. Nothing wrong with asking legitimate questions, Mr. Strassera

The truth, the whole truth will come out. That is all anyone is asking.