Journalist Ann Louise Bardach on How Cuban Exile Luis Posada Carriles Remains a Free Man in Miami

[EFerrari]

Journalist Ann Louise Bardach on How Cuban Exile Luis Posada Carriles Remains a Free Man in Miami Despite His Role in Airline and Hotel Bombings

Luis Posada Carriles is accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed all seventy-three people on board, and he has publicly admitted ties to a series of hotel bombings in Cuba in 1997. In 2000, he was arrested in Panama City for plotting to blow up an auditorium where Fidel Castro would be speaking. Despite his record, Luis Posada Carriles is currently living freely in Miami. He is awaiting trial in Texas early next year on charges of immigration fraud and lying to authorities about his involvement in the hotel bombings. A new book by award-winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach provides an insider’s view on the case against Posada. Bardach first interviewed Posada in 1998 for the New York Times in one of his only in-depth interviews.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/16/journalist_ann_louise_bardach_on_how

Thanks, Amy!

[rabs]

1. Fascinating read, thanks for posting

There are some details that Bardach reveals that I did not know.

For example the Bush family interests in Cuba. Wonder what that is about?

Again, gracias for posting.

[EFerrari]

2. She said the FBI told her they didn't arrest Posada because they didn't know where he was

when he was in jail in Panama. :crazy:

[rabs]

3. And the FBI asked her for the files she had

and she told them that she had gotten them from the FBI in the first place !! But the FBI guy did not know the bureau had shredded them. LOL ....

I think Justice Department is hoping Posada will croak soon. Underestand he is 80+ years old. That would rid all concerned in the U.S. government of a headache.

Do you know whether the book is it out already and how much does it cost?

[EFerrari]

4. Without Fidel -- here's the B&N link.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=9781416551508&ourl=Without-Fidel%2FAnn-Louise-Bardach&cm_mmc=yahoossp-_-plp-_-books3-_-Without-Fidel-9781416551508

I don't see it up at Amazon.

Edit: Oops -- here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Without+Fidel&x=0&y=0

[Judi Lynn]

5. Here's a brief answer to that from an Amy Goodman interview on "Democracy Now."

January 12, 2004
American Dynasty: Fmr. Top Republican Strategist Discusses The Bush Family’s Rise To Power Since WWI


We speak with Kevin Phillips, a former top Republican strategist, who was generally acknowledged as the Republican party’s principal electoral theoretician after Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980. His latest book, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics in the House of Bush examines how the Bush family has been consolidating its power for four generations. {includes transcript}

~snip~
KEVIN PHILLIPS: George H. Walker was a real piece of work. I mean, he was a buccaneer. He was sort of a Joe Kennedy, but with a social register type qualification. He got involved in the 1920’s with a bunch of Cuban companies, because of his ties to Percy Rockefeller and the National City Bank. They handled a lot of investments in Cuba. He was a director during the 1920’s of eight or nine Cuban companies. George H. Walker had ties to the—investment ties that were independent, so he had invested in some of these companies. One of them turned out several—several turned out to merge into something called West Indies Sugar. West Indies Sugar became one of the major American companies in Cuba, and George H. Walker Jr., the son of George H. Walker and Prescott, Bush’s cousin was a director, held a family seat on West Indies Sugar. Now during the late 1950’s, West Indies Sugar was based in the Indy province in Cuba. That’s where the Castro insurgency was developing. Castro and his people sort of shook down West Indies Sugar. They used their trucks and hit them up for money and so forth. They were unhappy with the Castro movement. In 1959 or 1960, I forget which year, Castro’s people nationalized West Indies Sugar, and at this time George H. W. Bush’s uncle was Director of West Indies Sugar. The value of West Indies sugar had been about $50 million and it wound up being virtually peanuts. I don’t know how much their stake was. I couldn’t begin to guess. It may not have been nearly as much as one would suggest from the bigger numbers. They were an unhappy set of campers when West Indies Sugar went bye-bye.

http://www.democracynow.org/2004/1/12/american_dynasty_fmr_top_republican_strategist

http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu.nyud.net:8090/childs1/Nixon_files/image024.jpg

Mr. Big Deal, Prescott, on the left with that nice Mr. Nixon.

http://www.whale.to.nyud.net:8090/b/prescott-ike1.jpg

http://oneworldnews.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2007/12/mdbushmd1.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com.nyud.net:8090/ehara_gen/jealous_gay/images/prescott_bush.jpg

[Judi Lynn]

7. I misplaced the bag of hot air, Prescott Bush. He's on the right. Sorry. Late night delirium. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

6. Such a great interview, EFerrari! I'm keeping it, plan to listen to it AGAIN.

Can't wait to find out more about Ann Louise Bardach's next book.

The only thing I have ever had against her is she's a little "soft" on Miami "exiles" of the extreme kind, but WHAT A WRITER!

This is a photo of old fart Posada outside the place where they were giving him a tribute in Miami, entertaining some of his worshipful admirers.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com.nyud.net:8090/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/04/posada_at_big_5.jpeg
Big Five Club in Miami supports Luis Posada Carriles legal defense fundraiser
http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/big-five-club-in-miami-supports-luis-posada-carriles-legal-defense-fundrais/

For people who haven't heard this yet, Bardach said the same Venezuelan President who ordered "El Caracazo" massacre in Venezuela, impeached by the Venezuelan government for massive corruption, Carlos Andres Perez, who keeps a place in Miami, where Posada lives, also hired him as the head of his secret security! Creepy, isn't it? You'll be interested in knowing there are former prisoners still living in Venezuela who remember it was Posada Carilles who ordered them to be tortured.

Now he claims if he gets returned to Venezuela, after escaping after being arrested for the bombing, he will be tortured. :eyes: