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THE
POSADA CASE
Blackmailing the U.S. government
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Revelations of complicity by Honduran authorities
and the FBI in protecting the terrorist while he was
in that country
LUIS Posada Carriles’
defense attorney, announcing that his client was
formally withdrawing his application for political
asylum in the United States, said that “he knows a
lot ... and if he talks it could hurt the FBI, the
CIA and the government in general.” That kind of
statement has a name: blackmail.
Matthew J. Archambeault,
Posada’s lawyer, later added that his client would
not continue testifying because “He may step into
sensitive areas that could harm the security of the
U.S. government or other countries.”
As demonstrated with his
statements to the New York Times several
years ago, Posada’s threats could have a paralyzing
effect, given that they range from drugs-for-arms
deals by the U.S. government in Central America to
the conspiracy to assassinate former President
Kennedy.
The most recent events of
the immigration hearing taking place in El Paso,
Texas confirm the progression of negotiations
between the White House and representatives for the
international terrorist.
Eduardo Soto, Posada’s main
defense attorney from Miami, told El Nuevo Herald
in that city on August 29 that his “mysterious
absence” from the immigration hearing was explained
by negotiations with Washington “through a high-ranking
official.”
Soto revealed that an
agreement had almost been reaching providing for U.S.
government protect of Posada under the International
Convention Against Torture to guarantee that his
client would not be sent to Cuba or Venezuela. In
exchange, he would withdraw his petition for asylum.
Posada’s hearing is taking
place at an immigration detention center in El Paso,
Texas. Prosecutors have asked for a new hearing
beginning September 26.
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