Texas federal judge is considering if Posada/CIA/Bay Of Pigs was terrorism

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16052974%255E1702,00.html

Bay of Pigs case may drag in CIA

From correspondents in El Paso, Texas

July 26, 2005

A US immigration judge has denied bail for an asylum-seeking former CIA operative from Cuba and asked for legal briefs on whether his role in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion was a terrorist act.

Lawyers for Luis Posada Carriles called the request "surprising" because they said if Mr Posada were found to have engaged in terrorism, it would imply the CIA did also.

The CIA backed the ill-fated attempt by 1300 Cuban exiles, armed with US weapons, to topple Cuban leader Fidel Castro after landing at the bay on Cuba's southern coast.

Mr Posada, 77, has admitted working against Castro and earlier said he was involved in the Bay of Pigs operation, but his lawyers said he was not in the actual invasion.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5166796,00.html

Judge Denies Bond for Cuban Militant

Tuesday July 26, 2005 3:46 AM

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL

Associated Press Writer

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A federal immigration judge on Monday denied bond for a 77-year-old Cuban militant accused of orchestrating the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner.

Luis Posada Carriles, 77, has been held in an El Paso detention center since March on charges he sneaked illegally into the United States through Mexico. He is seeking asylum in the U.S.

Posada's arrest strained relations between the United States and several Latin American and Caribbean countries. Those governments want the Bush administration to deport Posada to Venezuela to stand trial on the airplane-bombing charges.

Among the factors Judge William A. Abbott said he would consider in Posada's case was whether he had ever provided material support for acts of terror.

Bay of Pigs case may drag in CIA - Judge Denies Bond for Luis Posada

what would we call them today? Terrorists? Freedom Fighters? Crazies?

How we survived this long, I don't know. The rest of the world has shown remarkable restraint, until now. I have the feeling we're going to end up missing the Cold War as a period of relative peace and calm diplomacy.

Can we bring back the USSR? Who was it who said that if the Soviet Union didn't exist, the Americans's would have had to create it?