Uncovered | Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny | Part 1

A CIA-backed coup. A hidden Australian connection. And a suburban nanny with a secret past. 

In Part 1 of Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny, Uruguayan-Australian journalist Florencia Melgar takes us inside her groundbreaking investigation, The Other 9/11, and how she uncovered the secret role Australian spies played in the Pinochet coup in Chile in 1973. 

What began as a deep dive into Cold War espionage led somewhere unexpected: to Bondi, and to a woman accused of being part of Chile’s machinery of torture. 

More on this story:

• The Other 9/11
• ABC Foreign Correspondent, Facing the Past
• More on Australia’s involvement in Chile: 'Last thing he wanted was to embarrass the CIA': Inside Whitlam's 'agonising' decision to shut Australian spy operation in Chile  

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Credits: 

• Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Sound Design: Matt Nikolic
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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