Are political killings a part of national security policy?
By Bencyrus Ellorin / August 16, 2006 EVER wondered why activists and members of the media, especially the critics of the present administration, are being killed? There are allegations that these are actually part of the present national security policy. We will try to analyze the events and available literature and try to correlate them using circumstantial evidence and try to understand this chilling political reality of our time. Recently, I came across a newly “declassified” document entitled “Highlights of the National Situation, Possible Scenarios and Some Significant Details” dated July 21, 2006. It is a document formulated by the Ateneo de Manila-based Center for Strategic Studies. The document is available in the CSS website (www.css.org.ph). It contained several items like Natural Environment, Economic Condition, Social Condition and Political Condition. What struck me most in the 72-slide Powerpoint presentation was slide no. 38 which was on the Political Condition. Slide n
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