It says here that HK is "irritated". I wonder if that's at all like being abducted, tortured, and murdered.
> The Daily Telegraph (London)
> August 1, 2001
>
> US angry as Chile asks Kissinger about death
>
> By Toby Harnden in Washington
>
> Washington reacted furiously yesterday to a request by Chilean
> judges for Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state, to answer
> questions about an American journalist killed during the 1973 coup in
> Chile.
>
> A Bush administration official condemned the Chilean supreme court
> decision to send questions to Dr Kissinger, saying the move increased
> unease about the proposed International Criminal Court in The Hague.
>
> administration source. "The danger of the ICC is that, one day, US
> citizens might face arrest abroad and prosecution as a result of such
> politically motivated antics."
>
> Dr Kissinger, 78, who was secretary of state from 1973 to 1977, has
> acted as an informal adviser to President Bush and is still heavily
> involved in American foreign policy issues.
>
> In its ruling, Chile's supreme court said a list of questions
> should be sent to the US supreme court with regard to Dr Kissinger's
> knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the death of Charles
> Horman, a journalist arrested by troops loyal to General Augusto
> Pinochet. His body was identified in a mortuary weeks later.
>
> The case was made famous by the 1982 film Missing. Mr Horman's
> family believes that Dr Kissinger and US diplomats in Chile knew of
> his detention, but did not press for his release.
>
> The Chilean order came less than two months after French detectives
> delivered a court summons to Dr Kissinger, who was visiting Paris,
> asking him to testify about the disappearance of French nationals in
> Chile.
>
> In another case, a judge in Argentina has ordered Dr Kissinger to
> testify in a human-rights trial about a 1970s plan by South American
> governments to kidnap and kill Left-wing critics.
>
> Mr Horman's widow, Joyce, filed a civil lawsuit against Dr
> Kissinger in the 1970s, but it was dismissed due to lack of evidence.
> She has now instigated legal action in Chile against Gen Pinochet and
> several other army officers.
>
> Dr Kissinger's office declined to comment about the Chilean
> request, but sources have said he is "considerably irritated" by it.
>
> When he was in Paris, he said he was too busy to speak to a French
> judge and the US embassy said the information being sought was
> confidential. A request for similar information was sent to the State
> Department during the Clinton presidency, but did not receive a
> response.
>
> Such requests have heightened US scepticism over world bodies that
> may diminish national sovereignty.
>
> America has said it will not take part in a United Nations
> conference on racism next month if the issue of reparations for
> slavery is on the agenda. Both Washington and London have expressed
> concerns about the conference adopting wording about slavery being a
> "crime against humanity".
>
> Mr Clinton delayed supporting an ICC, which is strongly backed by
> Britain. But in January, he signed the treaty setting it up, saying
> America should shape it to try cases of genocide and war crimes.
>
> Republicans complained that the treaty was flawed beyond repair.
> Marc Thiessen, a Senate foreign relations committee official now a
> Pentagon speechwriter, said it should be "aggressively dealt with" by
> the White House.
>
> "The president of the United States has endorsed a court that
> claims illegal jurisdiction over the American people and that's not a
> situation that can just sit out there," he said.
>
> The ICC will be formed after 60 nations ratify the treaty. So far,
> 27 have done so.
>