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You were doing good until the final paragraph, which reflects an absolute lack of research and knowledge. The US Government closed the Army's School of the Americas and opened the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Those activists you refer to didn't know anything factual about the school, and they certainly did no research on the institute, so they could continue their fraudulent 'movement' against US foreign policy in the region. Trouble is, the policy had changed already. The government closed the school and opened the institute to get away from the name itself, but so the security cooperation that almost everyone likes could continue. There has never been one example of anyone using what he learned at the school to commit a crime, so you miss the entire point of the creation of a new organization. And, as I have offered to others of your organization in the past, come see us and see for yourself who we are and what we do. We are open to visitors every workday. Sincerely, Lee A. Rials Public Affairs Officer Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation