When grilled by the Senate committee about his brazen attempts to harness the force of the U.S. government to subvert Chile’s constitutional process in order to further ITT’s own economic interests, the company’s vice president, Ned Gerrity, seemed genuinely confused. “What’s wrong with taking care of No. 1?” he asked. The committee offered a response in its report: “‘No. 1’ should not be allowed an undue role in determining U.S. foreign policy.”
