Editing School of the Americas (section)

==Connection to Crypto AG==
[[Crypto AG]], a Swiss encryption firm secretly owned by the CIA and BND (1970–2018), supplied rigged devices to Condor nations, enabling U.S. surveillance. The SOA’s connection is indirect, through its graduates’ use of these devices in Condor operations.

Condor’s Use of Crypto AG: Condor nations, including Brazil (CX-52 machines), Argentina (H-4605), and Chile, used Crypto AG equipment for Condortel, as detailed in a 1977 DIA report. The NSA decrypted these communications, monitoring Condor’s repression, including Argentina’s 1982 Falklands War plans and Chile’s 1976 Letelier assassination.

SOA Graduates’ Involvement: SOA-trained officers in Brazil’s SNIE, Chile’s DINA, and Argentina’s SIDE used Condortel for operations like the 1978 Habegger abduction, unaware of CIA decryption. The SOA’s counterinsurgency training included intelligence coordination, aligning with Condortel’s use, though no evidence shows SOA instruction on Crypto devices.

CIA Oversight: The CIA’s ownership of Crypto AG, per the 2020 Washington Post report, ensured U.S. access to Condor communications, with SOA graduates as unwitting users. The ESG’s role, training Brazil’s SNIE officers, is tangential, not directly tied to Crypto AG’s deployment.