Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers
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From: PL <pl.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:08:30 +0200 On 27/03/2011 17:05, T.Schmidt.Teddy@xxxxxxxxx wrote: Que liberen a los cinco martires patriotas(snip)

Veo que no niegas que Castro esconde a criminales de los Estados Unidos. Bienb http://cubafaq.impela.net/?s=%22Guillermo+Morales%22%2B+bomb&search=Search Ademas: no hay "cinco mrtires". Hay la red avispa de 12 espas cuales fueren desenmascarados en los Estados Unidos. No sabes nada de nada y tragas propaganda Castrista como loco viejo imbcil. Gracias por darme una buena razon de informar a todos viejo joto tonto. The lie behind the "5" Not "5" but 12. The "Five Cuban Heroes" proclaimed by the Cuban regime were actually part of a network of 12 spies that infiltrated the U.S. In addition to the five spies who maintained their innocence but were convicted in a jury trial (with no CubanAmerican jurors), five pleaded guilty to charges of spying in exchange for reduced sentences, one was deported, and one fled to Cuba to escape arrest. The trials cost U.S. taxpayers one million dollars to provide the defendants with a free legal representation. An appeals court is reviewing the five spies' conviction.

Confirmed by the Cuban embassy in Syria: "1998 September 12: The FBI arrests a group of "Cuban spies at 5.30 A.M. they are members of the Wasp Net; they are named:Ren Gonzlez, Antonio Guerrero, Luis Medina, Rubn Campa and Manuel Viramontes. Other names are given until reaching 10, among them two women, but according to the statements, the main ones, are the first mentioned." http://embacubasiria.com/loscinco982005e.html Cuba originally denied they were Cuban agents.

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Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers The Cuban regime initially denied the five men were Cuban agents; it took almost three years, after the spies' conviction, for the regime to acknowledge that the five spies were in fact acting under its orders and that they were "heroes."

Complicit in extrajudicial killing. The regime is silent on the fact that the ringleader of the spies, intelligence agent Gerardo Hernandez, was found guilty of being closely involved in the Cuban air force's shootdown of two civilian planes, over international waters, that resulted in the deaths of four persons. "The US government's espionage case also became enmeshed with an incident that happened in February 1996, in which Cuban air force jets shot down two of three Cessna aircraft flying toward Havana. Four pilots, members of the antiCastro exile group, Brothers to the Rescue, were killed. Several of the Wasp network agents had infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue, including Rene Gonzalez, the pilot. In addition to charges related to informationgathering and the sending of "nonpublic" information to a foreign power, Gerardo Hernandez was charged with contributing to the deaths of the four pilots for passing along to Cuban intelligence information about the group's planned flyover. Several other Cubans who were eventually indicted in the incident fled to Cuba before they could be arrested." http://www.eyespymag.com/spylistmain1.htm

Spying on military installations. The object of the five's spying was not solely the antiCastro community in Miami, as the Cuban regime maintains. Among the U.S. military installations of particular interest to the five spies was the Central Command located in Tampa, which focuses on the Middle East and has no operational responsibilities for Latin America. Confirmed by one of the spies in the Avispa ring at her trial: "In Miami, the indictment states, Marisol Gari helped keep tabs on security at the CANF headquarters and helped manage another agent in his bid to get a job at Southcom, which oversees American military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America. Gari also is accused of preparing a report for her Cuban bosses comparing the costs of U.S. mail service, Federal Express and other mail handlers." The Miami Herald September 14, 2001 Lawyer: Accused spy to plead guilty http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/espionage/marisolgari.htm "Alleged Cuban spies George and Marisol Gari, known in their intelligencegathering cell as Luis and Margot, reported to at least two of the five spies convicted in June, U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis said Saturday. The FBI, meanwhile, said the lowprofile couple arrested in Orlando on Friday also reported at times to alleged fugitive spy Ricardo Villareal, also known as Hector. "He is probably in Cuba,'' said Judy Orihuela, spokeswoman for the FBI in Miami. A federal indictment born out of the ongoing crackdown against La Red Avispa, or The Wasp Network, Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers 2

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers Cuban spy organization accuses the couple of trying to gain access to mail going to the Cuban American National Foundation and attempting to infiltrate MiamiDade County's Southern Command." Couple accused of reporting to two Cuban spies An indictment says George and Marisol Gari tried to gain access to CANF mail and Southern Command. Herald Staff Report. Published Sunday, September 2, 2001" http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/sep01/03e5.htm

"A husband and wife who lived in Miami for about eight years were arrested in Orlando on Friday and charged with being part of a nowdismantled Cuban spy ring the latest salvo against Fidel Castro's foreign espionage apparatus on U.S. soil. A federal indictment accuses George Gari, 41, and Marisol Gari, 42, of being agents for the Cuban Directorate of Intelligence who assisted in two primary goals: trying to infiltrate West MiamiDade's Southern Command headquarters and to penetrate the inner circles of the Cuban American National Foundation, a prominent Cuban exile group. The couple allegedly belonged to Cuba's La Red Avispa, or Wasp Network, which the FBI busted in September 1998. Five highranking intelligence agents from the group were convicted on federal spyingrelated charges in June. Those men are awaiting sentencing." Couple belonged to Cuba spy ring, FBI says Husband, wife are arrested in Orlando By Gail Epstein Nieves, Lesley Clark and Sara Olkon. gepstein@xxxxxxxxxxx Published Saturday, September 1, 2001 http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/sep01/03e5.htm "SUPERVISED SPIES But evidence showed that Labaino supervised other spies in their efforts to infiltrate U.S. military installations an offense that U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard found worthy of the maximum punishment as recommended under federal sentencing guidelines. The proceedings continue today with the sentencing of spy Ren Gonzlez. Labaino, in a politically charged 47minute speech, said he and his fellow spies were defending Cuba's interests by monitoring for a possible U.S. invasion and by countering exilesponsored "terrorism'' against the island." The Miami Herald December 14, 2001 2nd Cuban agent given life term for espionage http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/dec01/14e3.htm "On 12 September 1998 the FBI arrested 10 people associated with the "La Red Avispa," or the Red Wasp Network ring, including eight men and two women in their various south Florida residences. They were accused of spying on US military installations and antiCastro exile groups in south Florida and transmitting this information to Cuba. Among the military installations the group attempted to infiltrate were the US Southern Command Headquarters in Miami, MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, and Boca Chica Naval Air Station in Key West. The group's goals included documenting activities, exercises, and trends at the Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers 3

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers installations; monitoring antiCastro groups and disrupting their plans; and developing positions of vantage from which to warn Cuban intelligence of impending military strikes against Cuba." http://www.eyespymag.com/spylistmain1.htm

"HERNANDEZ, LINDA and her husband NILO HERNANDEZ, 46, were members of the Wasp Network, a Cuban spy ring in south Florida. Linda, 43, was born in New York but returned to Cuba where she grew up and married Nilo. In 1983 the couple returned to the United States where he later became an American citizen. In 1992 they were "activated" as spies and ordered to move from New York to Miami. They were arrested on 12 September 1998 along with eight other members of the ring. [See also Gerardo Hernandez and Alejandro Alonso.] Linda was charged with attempting to collect information for the Cuban Intelligence Service by infiltrating a rightwing Cuban exile group called Alpha 66. Nilo counted aircraft at nearby Homestead Air Force Base and reported using a shortwave radio. Although the information they passed to Cuba was in the public domain, in a plea bargain, the pair pled guilty to acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government. Each was sentenced to seven years in prison in US District court in Miami on 23 February 2000." http://www.eyespymag.com/spylistmain1.htm

For lots of data see: http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/avispa.htm http://loscincodecuba.blogspot.com/

"PL"<pl.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:IvHjp.81731$BQ7.48121@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I reject acts of vioelnce, but I also hate hypocrisy. While Richard makes a big deal about this case, he would like all of us to forget that he is sheltering his own bombers and violent criminals from US justice. See the article below and: http://cubafaq.impela.net/?s=%22Guillermo+Morales%22%2B+bomb&search=Search The Washington Post Monday, September 2, 2002; Page A15 Fugitives Sought by U.S. Find a Protector in Cuba Administration Ties Return of Felons to AntiTerror Effort By Mary Jordan Washington Post Foreign Service HAVANA Guillermo Morales is a fugitive on the run from the FBI, but at this particular moment he is sipping a cappuccino in a chic hotel lobby in Havana. Nine and a half of his fingers are gone, blown to bits by a bomb he was Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers 4

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers making in New York in 1978, but he manages to open a packet of sugar and stir it into his coffee. On the lam for 23 years, he has cleverly learned how to live with what remains of his hands and his life. The convicted felon was facing 89 years in prison for illegal possession of firearms when he escaped from a New York hospital in 1979 while under police custody. A member of a militant Puerto Rican separatist movement that was planting bombs all over New York, he was in jail at Rikers Island when he was sent to Bellevue Hospital to be outfitted with artificial hands. His escape, on a rope made from elastic bandages dangled down three stories, was one of the most publicized in U.S. history. After life underground in the United States and five dark years in a Mexican prison, he eventually came ashore on this communist island, where he lives a comfortable seaside life as President Fidel Castro's guest. Cuba has long protected fugitives on the run from U.S. authorities, and it now protects more than 70 of them. While Washington has always wanted them returned, the Bush administration has become increasingly vocal about the issue, tying it to its global offensive against terrorism. The State Department includes Cuba on its list of countries supporting terrorism, partly because the United States says Cuba harbors people involved in rebel groups from Colombia, Spain and elsewhere. Washington also calls Castro a terrorist for harboring Morales and other outlaws from the United States. Cuban officials say those on their soil are not terrorists. They say, for example, that Colombian rebels living here have been key participants in peace talks with the Colombian government in Havana in recent months. Officials here also say the only Americans they protect are those who deserve protection. Earlier this year, they point out, they turned over to the FBI two people: Jessie James Bell, wanted in the District on narcotics charges, and William Joseph Harris, wanted in Georgia on childmolestation charges. Cuba does welcome those it contends were unfairly prosecuted in the United States, officials said. They include people considered to be freedom fighters such as Morales, who believes Puerto Rico should be independent. A spokesman for the Cuban government, who asked not to be identified, said Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers 5

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers Cuba would be willing to consider a mutual extradition of fugitives. "Cuba would be willing to negotiate on this issue as an issue of equity," the official said. "There are many people who have committed crimes in Cuba who are living in the United States." The official specifically said Cuban authorities want Orlando Bosch, a Miami pediatrician accused of blowing up an airliner in 1976. The blast killed 73 people traveling from Venezuela to Cuba. Bosch is a militant foe of Castro who has been convicted of other violent acts against Cuba, including one involving a bazooka, and he is a hero to antiCastro Cuban exiles in Miami. After serving more than a decade in a Venezuelan prison, Bosch was acquitted in the plane bombing. Later he said the plane was "a warplane, because Cuban airlines are not tourist lines. . . . In that plane, there were 27 members of the Cuban DGI [intelligence service] and seven North Korean diplomats." Two dozen Cuban athletes also perished on the plane. Cuban officials say the Bush administration will not give up Bosch or others supported by the politically potent Cuban exiles in Florida. That means the current stalemate will continue, with President Bush receiving ovations for antiCastro speeches in Miami and Castro lapping up cheers at huge outdoor rallies here decrying Bush, Bosch and those he calls terrorists in Miami. As the political powers thunder on, Morales and other fugitives live quietly on Havana's suncracked streets. "Only once I met Fidel Castro," Morales said. "It was at a reception and I said to him, 'Thank you.' " JoAnne Chesimard, another U.S. fugitive, is even listed in the Havana phone directory. Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, was a Black Panther member convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973. She claimed she was unfairly convicted by an allwhite jury. After breaking out of jail in 1979, she made her way to Cuba. As Cuban musicians in traditional white guayabera shirts serenaded visiting honeymooners in the hotel lobby, Morales said he recognized that he lives free because of the strained relations between his former country and his new one. "Everyone else is afraid of the American empire," he said. "Anywhere else I would go they would Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers 6

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers turn me over." Now graying and 52, he looks different than he did in the "wanted" posters that were displayed in thousands of U.S. post offices after he shimmied out of the hospital in New York more than two decades ago. He works as a correspondent for a small, proindependence Puerto Rican newspaper and moves around this steamy capital in a 17yearold Sovietmade Lada car. In the sunny lobby of the Parque Central hotel, surrounded by Americans breaking the U.S. ban on tourist travel to Cuba, Morales described his odyssey here in his stillheavy New York accent. On that longago 1978 night, he said, he was aiming to place a bomb in a military installation in New York when it blew up in his face, which still bears scars. He said he did not intend to hurt anyone, simply to destroy government property as a protest. He was caught, tried and sentenced by a federal judge to 10 years in prison. Morales does not deny his guilt, and he said that at 29, he was willing to "take responsibility" and serve his sentence. But he said that after the conviction, state prosecutors brought additional charges that carried a maximum sentence of 89 years in prison. He said the prosecution had turned political, so he decided to flee. He eventually landed in Mexico, where he joined an antigovernment rebel group that was involved in killing a Mexican police officer. He was arrested and spent five years in prison, where he said he was beaten and tortured with electric shocks. He said the only light moment of his years in Mexico was watching a video of a 1986 Robert Redford movie, "Legal Eagles," and seeing his own wanted poster in the background of one of the scenes. When he completed his term in 1988, the Mexican government allowed Morales to slip away to Cuba rather than sending him back to the United States. Washington was so furious that the U.S. ambassador was recalled. Morales is now married to a Cuban woman and they have a 5yearold son. He said his only contact with U.S. authorities is an occasional chance meeting with diplomats stationed in Havana, who recognize him but do not speak to him. President Bill Clinton in 1999 pardoned 16 members of Morales's former separatist group, the Armed Forces of National Liberation, which had been Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers 7

Re: A BOMBERS TALE Now for the rest of the story: Castro sheltering bombers linked to numerous attacks, including the bombing of a Wall Street tavern that killed four and injured dozens. Morales's former girlfriend was among those pardoned, but Morales was not. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/uscuba/protector.htm

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