Newly declassified documents reveal that CIA had Posada on its payroll for most of the time and even recommended him for the civilian post if Castro regime falls, says Saurabh Kumar Shahi
Around one and a half years ago, this magazine had done a story on how Luis Posada Carriles, a key accused of the bombing of Cubana flight 455, got safe haven on American soil in spite of the fact that the then American president and the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had full knowledge of his act. The organisation went extra mile to protect him and after a phony prosecution case, set him free.
Repeated requests by Cuba, to hand him over, were ignored.
With the help of The National Security Archive based in Washington DC, this magazine had published overwhelming evidence against Posada that included, among others, the bomb circuit diagram used to blow up the flight, the notes about how to assemble it and the fake passport used by Posada. However, those evidence in no way had pointed out that dreaded Posada was in any way used by the CIA for any sort of open or clandestine operations. It appeared then – to the untrained eyes – that CIA was only guilty of shielding him and nothing more. That at least provided CIA the much needed cushioning. This week, that cushion was pulled away and CIA stands naked. As friends and relatives of those killed aboard Cubana flight 455 mourn 33rd year of the disaster, the Washington based National Security Archive has released other chilling documents concerning Luis Posada and his aides and masters. These documents confirm that “the Company”–as CIA is sometimes called – had excellent ties with the terrorist and it took immense pain to keep these ties strong.
Also, it discusses how “the Company” benefited from the expertise of Posada by using him as a stool pigeon on other aggressive exile factions. The papers make available all-embracing particulars on a partnership between Cuban-American militant Jorge Mas Canosa, who later turned into the most commanding leader of the hard-line émigré population in Miami, and Posada – code named AMCLEVE 15 – who came forward to work as full-time informant on aggressive exile operations for “the Company”.
Around one and a half years ago, this magazine had done a story on how Luis Posada Carriles, a key accused of the bombing of Cubana flight 455, got safe haven on American soil in spite of the fact that the then American president and the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had full knowledge of his act. The organisation went extra mile to protect him and after a phony prosecution case, set him free.
Repeated requests by Cuba, to hand him over, were ignored.
With the help of The National Security Archive based in Washington DC, this magazine had published overwhelming evidence against Posada that included, among others, the bomb circuit diagram used to blow up the flight, the notes about how to assemble it and the fake passport used by Posada. However, those evidence in no way had pointed out that dreaded Posada was in any way used by the CIA for any sort of open or clandestine operations. It appeared then – to the untrained eyes – that CIA was only guilty of shielding him and nothing more. That at least provided CIA the much needed cushioning. This week, that cushion was pulled away and CIA stands naked. As friends and relatives of those killed aboard Cubana flight 455 mourn 33rd year of the disaster, the Washington based National Security Archive has released other chilling documents concerning Luis Posada and his aides and masters. These documents confirm that “the Company”–as CIA is sometimes called – had excellent ties with the terrorist and it took immense pain to keep these ties strong.Also, it discusses how “the Company” benefited from the expertise of Posada by using him as a stool pigeon on other aggressive exile factions. The papers make available all-embracing particulars on a partnership between Cuban-American militant Jorge Mas Canosa, who later turned into the most commanding leader of the hard-line émigré population in Miami, and Posada – code named AMCLEVE 15 – who came forward to work as full-time informant on aggressive exile operations for “the Company”.
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