CIA officer named to Cuba-Venezuela post

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

CIA officer named to Cuba-Venezuela post
Posted on Fri, Oct. 05, 2007
BY PABLO BACHELET
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WASHINGTON -- Timothy Langford, a career CIA officer, has been appointed as the new Cuba and Venezuela mission manager for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- a position that coordinates information gathering for areas considered top priorities.

Langford, 48, spent 25 years dealing with Latin American issues at the CIA. He holds a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for the national intelligence office, said Langford took his new position Oct. 1 but declined to elaborate on his previous assignments within the CIA.

President Bush suggested the creation of the Cuba and Venezuela post after Fidel Castro became ill. The then-intelligence chief, John Negroponte, appointed Norman Bailey, a former Reagan administration official and Cold War expert to the post.



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[Hydra]

1. "the new Cuba and Venezuela mission manager"

I wonder what they have in mind as the "mission"

[Vidar]

9. Shrubydo probably thinks they're adjoined geographically, as well as politically.

[Mika]

2. John Negroponte said that Castro had no more than 3 or 4 months to live (secret info).

That was in July. 2006.

;)

[AX10]

3. Terrorist operations.

:puke:

[Joanne98]

4. An attack on Hugo Chavez will backfire bigtime!

[leftist_not_liberal]

5. My money is on the other guys in this cool war

The CIA has already fucked up too badly and too much down there to get away with it again. Every effort only stokes the revolutionary embers.

[IndianaGreen]

6. Fidel is going to outlive the Bush regime. Deal with it!

And he might just outlive the Hillary regime.

[Mika]

7. Looks like it.

:toast:

[Vidar]

8. An idle dream, but I'm hoping he outlasts Methuselah & Heinlein's

Lazarus Long just to continue being a thorn in the side of corrupt American leaders.