30 seconds to Wiki
August 28th, 2007
Any article about Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (more commonly known as Manuel Noriega) should contain a reference to his career in the CIA, as well as United States support for the early years of his dictatorship. I see Reuters conveniently omits that choice bit of information. It took 30 seconds to look it up on Wikipedia, and another 10 seconds to confirm such information from Encyclopedia.com. Wiki has been proven to be near or on par with Britannica, and is certainly more detailed than Encyclopedia.com. They talk about his war crimes in Panama and various conflicts, but make no mention that the CIA trained him before that. An important fact in any discussion about Noriega.
How quickly history becomes history.