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Conviction of Five Castro Spies Overturned: Court Cites 'Pervasive Community Prejudice'
Human Events Online ^
| August 26, 2005
| Humberto Fontova
Posted on 08/26/2005 7:16:20 AM PDT by hinterlander
On September 14, 1998, the FBI uncovered a Castro spy ring in Miami and arrested ten of them. Four others managed to scoot back to Cuba. These became known as the "Wasp network." According to the FBI's affidavit these Castro agents were engaged in, among other acts:
- Intelligence gathering against the Boca Chica Air Naval Station in Key West, the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and the headquarters of the U.S. Southern Command in Homestead Florida.
- Compiling the names, home addresses and medical files of the U.S. Southern Command's top officers along with those of hundreds of officers stationed at Boca Chica.
- Infiltrating the headquarters of the U.S. Southern command.
- Sending letter bombs to Cuban-Americans.
- Spying on MacDill Air Force base, the U.S. armed forces' worldwide headquarters for fighting "low-intensity" conflicts.
- Locating entry points into Florida for smuggling explosive material.
At the bail hearings, Assistant U.S. District Attorney Carolyn Heck Miller said the urgency to act on the case was because "the defendant has made allusions to the prospect of sabotage against buildings and airplanes in the Southern District of Florida." These Castro agents also infiltrated . . .
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TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: appeals; castro; che; circuit; court; fidel; secret; spies; spy
To: hinterlander
Unbelievable. And then we criticize the FBI and CIA, etc., when something bad happens.
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posted on
08/26/2005 7:17:48 AM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: hinterlander
Yeah, I guess its no big deal when a hostile power's spies run around loose in this country. After 9/11 they should have remained locked up. What is it with our courts??
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
08/26/2005 7:21:32 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: hinterlander
Political correctness trumps the safety of innocent Americans, once again.
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posted on
08/26/2005 7:25:12 AM PDT
by
Thrusher
(Remember the Mog.)
To: Thrusher
5
posted on
08/26/2005 7:26:33 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: hinterlander
Maybe our intelligence services will now take this opportunity to put these men under the utmost "surveillance", bug their house, car, phones....Perhaps it may uncover more data. They say "freedom isn't free" well, for these men, I hope that phrase certainly has a new meaning.
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posted on
08/26/2005 7:32:14 AM PDT
by
khnyny
(all glory is fleeting)
To: hinterlander
We should bring criminal charges against judges knowingly releasing terrorists.
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posted on
08/26/2005 7:46:05 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Condemn me, make me naked and kill me, or be silent for ever on my gun ownership and law enforcement)
To: hinterlander
What happens now? Can the Appeals court ruling be challenged?
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posted on
08/26/2005 8:00:41 AM PDT
by
bjc
(Check the data!!)
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