Castro Foe With C.I.A. Ties Puts U.S. in an Awkward Spot

[struggle4progress]

By MARC LACEY
Published: October 8, 2006

EL PASO, Oct. 6 — ...

Today, Mr. Posada, 78, is in a detention center in El Paso, held on an immigration violation while the government tries to figure out what to do with him. His case presents a quandary for the Bush administration, at least in part because Mr. Posada is a former C.I.A. operative and United States Army officer who directed his wrath at a government that Washington has long opposed.

Despite insistent calls from Cuba and Venezuela for his extradition, the administration has refused to send him to either country for trial.

Intensifying the problem is that Mr. Posada, who was arrested last year in Miami after sneaking into the country, may soon go free, as the United States has been reluctant to press the terrorism charges that could keep him in jail ...

Some of the anger directed at the Bush administration’s handling of the case originates closer to home. Roseanne Nenninger Persaud, whose 19-year-old brother, Raymond, was one of the passengers who perished, recently wrote a letter to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales urging him to brand Mr. Posada a terrorist ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/world/americas/08posada.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin

[rpannier]

1. This is the guy who bombed a hotel in Cuba

that killed an Italian tourist.
I thought that made him a terrorist.

[struggle4progress]

2. Yep. SOB bragged about it in print, too.

[Peace Patriot]

3. He's wanted in Venezuela for the Cubana airline bombing in which

many Venezuelans died. He also has connections to the Iran/Contra death squads. If he gets out of the Bushite's clutches, he might squeal on who was giving the orders. Hugo Chavez mentioned this in his speech to the UN--pointing to the utter hypocrisy and deceit of the Bush Junta on "terrorist" issues.

[malaise]

5. Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of

that horrible tragedy. There was a massive demonstration in Havana with pictures of the slaughtered.

Add.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Our heroic CIA at work, blowing up airliners and murdering athletes.

What a bunch of humanitarians we have working for us.

The irony of holding "terrorists" at Guantanamo while shielding them in Miami and Texas is apparantly lost on "our" thugs.

[razors edge]

6. not holding my breath waiting for

alberto (torqumada) gonzales to do his job. he is more interested in putting us in a forced labor camp, than doing what his office requires. but then thats why he was confirmed for the job by a bipartisan vote. too many dinos.