-Caveat Lector- >Date: 27 Dec 2000 07:15:32 -0000 >From: "Online Journal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 12-27-00: The Bush-Florida-Cuba connection > >Online Journal - http://www.onlinejournal.com > >12-27-00: The Bush-Florida-Cuba connection > >By Larry Chin > >December 27, 2000 | On November 22, a violent Republican-sanctioned mob >shut down the Miami-Dade canvassing board, stopping a decisive ballot >recount, and snuffing out Al Gore's chances for victory. > >This incident, which was instrumental in seizing the American presidency >for George W. Bush, was not (as most media accounts suggest) merely the >work of [Tom] DeLay congressional aides and angry pro-Bush protestors. > >In fact, the true intimidation came at the hands of hundreds of militant >right-wing Cuban operatives. It is important to note that the recount >shutdown was the latest chapter of an alliance between the Bush family, >right-wing anti-Castro Cubans, Florida-based covert operatives and extreme >elements of the Republican party that has persisted for nearly half a >century. > >* 1953. CIA operative George Herbert Walker Bush founds Zapata Petroleum >in Texas. Its subsidiary, Zapata Offshore is used as a CIA front. >Initiating his career-long foray into Latin American shadow politics, Bush >establishes ties with CIA operative and narco-trafficker Manuel Noriega of >Panama (later its dictator). > >* 1960-1961. Bay of Pigs. Bush and fellow CIA operative Felix Rodriguez >organize and train Cuban exiles in Florida and across the Gulf region for >an invasion of Cuba, and the assassination of Fidel Castro, with >assistance from elements of the Mafia (based in Florida). President John >F. Kennedy pulls the plug on the operation, infuriating the Cubans, the >CIA, the mob, and Bush. > >* 1963. JFK is assassinated in Dallas. The involvement of Cubans, CIA >operatives in Florida (Felix Rodriguez), and the questionable activities >of Bush, Richard Nixon, Texas oil moguls and Texas politicians during the >period, are detailed by numerous assassination researchers. J. Edgar >Hoover interviews a "George Bush of the CIA" regarding "anti-Castro exile >reaction" to the murder. > >* 1968-1973. With Richard Nixon in the White House, Antonin Scalia in >charge of the White House communications office, and George H.W. Bush >heading the Republican National Committee, the Republicans maintain close >ties to right-wing Florida Cubans. Bebe Rebozo, a prominent Florida Cuban >with intelligence ties, is a close friend of Nixon. In 1971, journalist >Ken Collier calls on Nixon to investigate 1970 Florida election fraud by >Republicans. Scalia persuades Nixon to remain silent, Collier alleges. > >* 1973. The Watergate Break-In is conducted by anti-Castro Cubans and CIA >agents tied to the Bay of Pigs: Rodriguez, Bernard Barker (former Cuban >secret police), Frank Sturgis, E. Howard Hunt, and Eugenio Rolando >Martinez. Nixon tapes reveal that the objective is to hide evidence >regarding "Dallas" and "the Bay of Pigs thing." Bush assists Nixon in the >coverup, and the stonewalling of the Congress. > >* 1976. CIA Director George H.W. Bush stonewalls Congress regarding the >aerial bombing of a Cubana Airline jet and a car bomb slaying of a Chilean >diplomat. Anti-Castro Cubans are arrested, including Luis Carriles. >Carriles' immediate superior is Felix Rodriguez (who boasts to have >assassinated Che Guevara). > >During the Bush CIA years, the loyal Rodriguez is involved with the >Phoenix program, Air America, and heroin smuggling in Southeast Asia. > >* 1982-1986. Iran-Contra. With Vice President Bush "in the loop" with CIA >Director William Casey and other members of the Reagan "firewall," Felix >Rodriguez coordinates the contra resupply program in El Salvador under >Oliver North. In Senate testimony, Rodriguez alleges to have passed ten >million dollars to the contras from the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. > >In Florida, Jeb Bush (the head of the Dade County Republican Party) >operates as the Republican administration's unofficial link with Cubans, >the contras and Nicaraguan exiles in Miami. During this period, Jeb aligns >with Leonel Martinez, a Miami-based right-wing Cuban-American drug >trafficker associated with contra dissident Eden Pastora. Jeb forges >business ties with contra supporter Miguel Recarey, a right-wing Cuban, >and major contributor to PACs controlled by then-Vice President Bush. > >Florida-based drug-running fronts funnel US government funds as >humanitarian aid to the contras. Senator John Kerry investigates >Miami-based Ocean Hunter, one of many Florida-based drug-running fronts, >and discovers $200,000 channeled south. > >* 1986. Reagan appoints Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court. At his >confirmation hearing, Ken and James Collier accuse Scalia of sandbagging >their lawsuits against the Republican National Committee for election >fraud in Florida. > >* 1988-1992. With George H.W. Bush as president, the US invades Panama, >toppling former CIA ally, contra compatriot and narco trafficker Manuel >Noriega. Cuban operatives assist. > >As a link to that powerful and wealthy South Florida community, Jeb >remains a tireless supporter of reactionary Cuban-American political >causes, such as the freeing of right-wing terrorist Orlando Bosch. Bosch >is responsible for more than 50 anti-Castro bombings in Cuba and elsewhere >in the Western Hemisphere. Jeb is also a supporter of CANF projects like >Radio and TV Marti (propaganda broadcasts into Cuba, in violation of >telecommunications laws). > >Jeb Bush is also involved with Florida-based BCCI banks and money >laundering operations. The Miami US Attorney is rebuffed by the Justice >Department in his efforts to indict BCCI and some of its principal >officers on tax fraud charges. > >* 1994. After benefiting financially and politically from oil, money and >CIA ties to his father and brother, George W. Bush becomes governor of >Texas. > >* 1998. Jeb Bush becomes governor of Florida with strong backing from >long-time friends in the Cuban community. Jorge Mas Canosa, president of >the ultra-right wing Cuban American National Federation (CANF) succinctly >describes Jeb's role throughout the 1980s and 1990s: "He is one of us." > >* The Elian Gonzalez affair ignites Florida, setting off partisan conflict >(and violence). Anti-Castro Cubans are incensed at the Clinton/Gore >administration. > >* 2000. Jeb Bush "promises to deliver Florida" to his brother, >presidential candidate George W. Bush. Florida is delivered, and the >election sealed with help from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. > >With the Southern Hemisphere foreign policy agenda (ranging from the >American involvement in Colombia to the future of Cuba) about to be handed >to a right-wing George W. Bush administration, the Bush-Florida-Cuba >connection will continue to be a play an active and dangerous role. > >After the election, Fidel Castro mocked the incoming president as "the >little idiot son of the former CIA director friend of mafia worms." The >gauntlet has been thrown. -end- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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