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The US also held Clause Barbi, the Butcher of Lyon, before his "emigration" to South America. It turns out that many top Nazi war criminals were captured by the US and protected by military intelligence because of their perceived intelligence value with regard to the Soviets, even as the other branches of the government were searching for them. Barbie was on the US payroll for years, apparently as a bribe for his cooperation, even though there was a death sentence waiting for him. Which should have been all the incentive he needed to cooperate. No need for ODESSA when you have the US intelligence community on your side.