The American Justice System's Cuba Blind Spot

Join the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program for a presentation by Leonard Weinglass, defense attorney for Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González, also known as the Cuban Five.

These five individuals were sent by the Cuban government to gather intelligence on extremist Cuban exile organizations such as the Cuban American National Foundation, Brothers to the Rescue, Commandos F4 and Alpha 66 -- some of which have been allegedly complicit in numerous terrorist acts on the island of Cuba. These agents collected evidence on paramilitary operations being planned by these groups against Cuba. But when the Cuban government turned over evidence to the U.S. government and FBI, the five agents who gathered much of the intelligence were arrested, not the extremists.

For more on the continuing operations of these groups, see Salon's recent feature story, The Coddled "Terrorists" of South Florida. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/14/cuba/

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[mannyjelstad]

I DONT CARE ABOUT THAT YOU THINK POSADA IS NOT INOCENT.

I WILL COMMUNIST TOO. THATS NOT A CRIME. THEY ARE THE CRIMINALS, KILLING COMMUNIST IS SAVING THE WORLD

[mannyjelstad]

POSADA IS INOCENT

[mannyjelstad]

@jvarela965 TO THE AMERICAN GOVERMENT:

KEEP PROTECTING CASTRO AND HE WILL KEEP HURTING AMERICA

YOUR AGENDA SINCE 1959 IS TI KEEP CUBA UNDER CASTRO CONTROL, THAT'S WHY HE STILL THERE OR HE IS MORE POERFULL THAN THE USA?

I DONT THINK SO? SO DO SOMETHING OR AT LEAST LET THE CUBANS GO TO CUBA AND FIGHT THE DICTADORS

[mrr1713]

These cubans prisoners in USA are members of the CUBAN INTELIGENCE, they were spying, FOR CUBA.

AMERICA FOUNDATION MUST BE MORE SERIOUS AND TAKE CARE OF REAL CUBAN PROBLEMS: NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH, NO FREEDOM TO EAT, TO RED, TO TRAVEL ABROAD, TO LIVE WHERE YOU WANT, BECAUSE THERE'S AN APARTHEID FOR CUBAN PEOPLE . THERE ARE A LOT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CUBA, ONLY FOR EXPRESSING THEMSELVES!!! JUST WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, AND WHAT IAM DOING HERE!!!!!!!

[jvarela965]

First ever international hi-jacking happended in 1958. Castro's rebels hi-jacked a Miami to Vardadero flight. These men should be traded for cuban political prisoners. The Cuban 5 are members of the DGI which is Cuba's version of the old East German Stasi.

[malecon77]

he is talking about cuba.

[nimaowa636]

what are you saying