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| Now there are calls for Bolton to testify publically about Cuba’s WMD |
| 2004-04-03 |
| EFL - Orlando Sentinal editors call for all classified intelligence to be made public immediately. What does John Bolton know and how does he know it? The State Department official must tell. Bolton is undersecretary for arms control and international security. He presented a report this week to the House Committee on International Relations that included accusations that Cuba’s government harbors biological weapons research and development programs with terrorist intentions. It’s not the first time Bolton has made this allegation. In a May 2002 speech, Bolton alleged Cuba had provided "dual-use" biotechnology to rogue nations. The charges are troubling. So is Bolton’s inability to provide hard evidence to prove his case. He didn’t produce data in 2002, and he didn’t detail his charges before the House this week. The State Department hasn’t backed up Bolton with specifics. A recent report on terrorism only notes Cuba provided safe haven and support for Basque terrorists and Colombian rebels. Major speeches by Secretary of State Colin Powell at hemispheric gatherings have been mum on the Cuban bio-terrorist threat. Bolton has said Cuba has been able to hide its bio-weapons programs with the help of a spy, Ana Belen Montes, a former senior Cuba analyst for the Pentagon. Montes admitted to spying for Cuba in 2002 and is in prison today. All this begs key questions: What makes Bolton certain? Why doesn’t anyone else admit knowing what he knows? And if the Bush administration believes Bolton, why isn’t it assembling a "coalition of the willing" to confront Cuba? I’m game It’s time for Bolton to speak candidly, either in a public setting or behind closed doors. If national security adviser Condoleezza Rice can testify before Congress about the Sept. 11 attacks, surely John Bolton should be delineating in greater detail the bio-threat he sees in the Caribbean. There’s plenty at stake here, both in terms of national security and national credibility. There is much skepticism abroad about American motives and intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. America can’t afford to end up with egg on its face in its own hemisphere. It’s time Bolton tells what he knows, or admits what he doesn’t. ... And tell us how we got the information and from whom and tell it on CSPAN and provide resumes of all our operatives world wide and I want a pony... yak yak yak ... Super Bowl passes for my in laws .... ad nauseum .... |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #2 Given the distance between Cuba and Florida, they could nearly spit the crap over. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-03 9:33:54 AM |
| #1 But what would they use for a delivery system? I know, they could get some some star-struck Fidel-fellating Hollywoodist to carry it back. How much anthrax can you get into a vaginal suppository anyway? Probably a bio-MOAB's worth if they can recruit Jane Fonda or Barbra Streisand. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-03 3:46:50 AM |