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It would not be difficult for the U.S.
government to find evidence involving these terrorist organizations
because the CIA and the Pentagon trained many of their members. Take,
for instance, Luis Posada Carriles and Orland Bosch, suspected
masterminds of the bombing of a Cuban passenger airliner that claimed
the lives of 73 people. [74]
"All of Castro's planes are warplanes." -- Orlando Bosch, 1987,
defending the bombing of the civilian Cuban plane.
Before Posada Carriles could be tried for the airline bombing, he
escaped from a prison in Venezuela and found a job supplying arms to the
CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras.
My experience in the CIA gave me the right credentials for the job. [75]
Posada's accomplice, Orlando Bosch, has long been protected from
extradition by the U.S. government. Although Bosch was convicted of
carrying out a bazooka attack on a ship in Miami harbor, President
George H.W. Bush -- at the urging of his son Jeb -- prevented his
expulsion from the country. Bush signed an executive pardon providing
Bosch with safe haven in Florida. Bosch promised to
"Rejoin the struggle!" [76] [77]
George H. W. Bush: Hold on! Let me set the record straight. I pardon
only freedom fighters, not terrorists!
If George W. Bush had been serious about going after all states that
harbor terrorists, he would have issued an ultimatum to his brother, the
governor of Florida.
George W. Bush: Listen Jeb, you're going to have to cough up the
terrorists or we start bombing Miami tomorrow!
Posada, Bosch and their friends are only a few of the violent characters
whose activities have been sponsored by the CIA. Many of the CIA's
"covert operations" -- bombings, assassinations, sabotage, and
paramilitary massacres -- are terrorism by any definition. Many of the
shadowy figures involved in these activities are still working with the
CIA around the world. But others -- including Osama bin Laden -- have
turned on their former American partners. [78]
It's too bad. They made such a good team.
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