"Reaganites Should Be Embarrassed"

"It was eventually revealed by The New York Times that the Reagan administration knew more about the Salvadoran regime's complicity and participation in atrocities than it had led Congress to believe. Soon after the truth commission published its findings, the Times reported that the 'Reagan Administration withheld its own evidence of Mr. D'Aubuisson's death squad activities from members of Congress who argued that Washington should have no dealings with terrorists.'

"Suspicion that D'Aubuisson was involved in Romero's death didn't stop U.S. officials and other conservatives from praising him."

Joel Gillin in The New Republic reacts to Pope Francis's declaration of martyrdom for Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador.