Depending on who you ask, Fort Benning's innocuously named School of the Americas is either a responsible peace-keeping effort that helps keep Latin America safe for democracy, or a boot camp for dictators, death squad leaders and sundry other human-rights violators. Conceived in 1946 as a means by which the U.S. government could protect its interests in Latin and Central America, the SOA — nicknamed the "School of Assassins" by the growing ranks of those who believe the world would be safer without it — was originally located in Panama, but relocated to Georgia in 1984. SOA defenders like Major General John LeMoyne and Colonel Glenn Weidner claim the school continue...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
93 mins