Known Terrorist was CIA Agent

Ahh, don't you just love the U.S. government? I sure am glad they're protecting us from those evil Arab terrorists.

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Cuba 'plane bomber' was CIA agent

Declassified US government documents show that a man suspected of involvement in the bombing of a Cuban passenger plane worked for the CIA.

Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban-born Venezuelan and anti-Castro dissident, was an agent and informer.

The papers also reveal that an FBI informer "all but admitted" that Mr Posada was one of those behind the 1976 bombing that killed 73 people.

Mr Posada, who denies any involvement, is said to be seeking asylum in the US.

His lawyer says his client, thought to be in hiding in the Miami area, deserves US protection because of his long years of service to the country.

US officials say they have no evidence that Mr Posada is in the country, and add that they would deal with an asylum application from him as they would any other.

No conviction

The documents, released by George Washington University's National Security Archive, show that Mr Posada, now in his 70s, was on the CIA payroll from the 1960s until mid-1976.

One FBI report quoted a confidential source as saying that Mr Posada was one of several people who met at least twice at a hotel in Caracas, allegedly to discuss bombing a Cubana airlines plane.

The report recommended that no action be taken on the information, as it would compromise its source.

Mr Posada was arrested in Venezuela after the bombing, but was not convicted before he escaped from prison.

The US documents show that he later went to central America, where he joined the covert US operation, led by Lt Col Oliver North, to rearm the anti-communist Contra guerrillas.

Diplomatic row

Mr Posada once boasted of being responsible for a series of bomb attacks on Havana tourist spots in the 1990s.

Five years ago, he was arrested in Panama and accused of plotting to kill President Fidel Castro during a summit there.

He was convicted of a lesser charge, but was later pardoned and freed by the outgoing Panamanian president - causing Cuba to break off diplomatic relations.

His alleged reappearance in Miami has provoked the wrath of the Cuban government, which accuses Washington of harbouring an alleged terrorist.

Venezuela - a close ally of Cuba - says it is planning to seek his extradition. If Mr Posada has applied for asylum, his case will present the Bush administration a dilemma, says the BBC's Paul Keller in Miami.

The US would have to reconcile its traditional sympathy for the politically influential Cuban exiles in Miami and its firm stand against suspected terrorists in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks, our correspondent says.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4535661.stm>

 

if i lived in america, I'D feel safe

 

This is pretty old news.

The CIA has supported several anti-castro agents who turned out to be behind these plane bombings. The only real scandal in this story was that Bush (sr) granted asylum to his friend who was also behind the bombings. Notice he was cut from the payroll after this happened.

Its a lose lose situation for the US... we're obviously not going to grant this guy asylum, but extraditing him to venezula might not be the wisest option either, he obviously wouldn't get a fair trial. The only thing we can really do is arrest him for illegal entry.

 

Yeah, I suppose all it'll simma down to is we're a pretty fucked up country for any foreigners out there...

They be killin' them ay-rabz.

 

i dislike america.


edit: i HATE america

 

I could agree. The only thing likeable about it is it's natural beauty but we all know how fast that is fading.

 

the nature has been destroyed by the Bush administration. All I see now are gas stations. Of course, there are the Blue Hills in massachusetts, but ehhh... i dont know. id like to go hiking without seeing a city, although, i love the city. In fact, i really dont like hiking.

 

I doubt that many new gas stations have been built since Bush came into office...

 

How come you don't like hiking? And come up here to VA where George and I am at and you'll find some great hiking trails. For instance, the Appalachian Trail is a great hiking trail. I bet you love hiking but are too scared to admit it :H

 

I love the appalachian trail. My dad hiked the entire thing back in the seventies. He also cleared trails for the forestry department and worked on the appalachian trail.

 

ahhaha you need to come down to Sarasota

 

He's got a lagitamit point.. I'm surprised too that any new gas stations have been built. It's a hard market to get started in when prices are so competitive. Unless of course these are some major chain gas stations. You still never answered my question acetone, why don't you like hiking? It's a beautiful thing to experience in the right places. Just ask George, he seems to know the appalachian trail like me.

 

i sorta like hiking. i'm pretty anti-nature becuase I am basically only a city girl. wow.. this new post thing has been open for 15 minutes. i was watching americas next top model

 

I know what you mean, watching that 70's show, not because it's a good show anymore but because I gotta watch the last episodes. I tend to hate TV though. Acetone wants to be America's Next Top Model?

 

fuck no. i could never be a model. lmao

 

Why not?

 

Hmm, models often suck greatly. I don't really get the purpose, but they do a lot of work as far as environmental things and the like.

 

I think most models are too skinny. Arn't usually too appealing to me. However, there are always exceptions, I think some models are absolutely gorgeous.

 

to be a model you have to be pretty hahaha

 

Well, from the pictures in your gallery, I'd say your pretty enough.