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HiPointDem

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24. blowing up airplanes is ok too.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #13)

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 03:09 PM

Jul 2013

Orlando Bosch Ávila (18 August 1926 – 27 April 2011)[1] was a Cuban exile terrorist, former Central Intelligence Agency-backed operative...

He was accused of taking part in Operation Condor and several other terrorist attacks, including the 6 October 1976 bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner in which all 73 people on board were killed, including many young members of a Cuban fencing team and five North Koreans...

Bosch was given safe haven within the US in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush, who in 1976 as head of the CIA had declined an offer by Costa Rica to extradite Bosch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Bosch

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Because he didn't steal national security documents, run off to China... randome Jul 2013 #1

The "endangered lives" claim is dubious at this point. morningfog Jul 2013 #9

Again you claim he leaked "information that endangered people's lives." Please show evidence. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #17

Puh-leeze, Rhett o Rick! Stop asking for evidence! Th1onein Jul 2013 #19

Posted in wrong place. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #22

here arely staircase Jul 2013 #36

Thank you. That was a very enlightening article that I hadnt seen. If we believe the article then rhett o rick Jul 2013 #37

Because he's a US citizen and his actions in Italy were on behalf of official Washington? FarCenter Jul 2013 #2

Because it's ok when they break the law usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #3

He was doing his job. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #4

Kidnapping and torture all in a days work. morningfog Jul 2013 #7

Really? The Nuremberg defense? n/t. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #12

Sure he was "youst vollovink orters". Maybe those giving the orders should be prosecuted. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #18

Shouldn't he be "hero" and go back to Italy to take responsibility for his crime? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #21

Weren't there 4 alleged CIA agents convicted of kinapping in Italy and all are protected byeya Jul 2013 #5

Yes nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #16

K&R forestpath Jul 2013 #6

Greenwald. LOL...nt SidDithers Jul 2013 #8

For such a non-serious guy, he is causing the Obama Administration morningfog Jul 2013 #10

He's a self-promoting clown... SidDithers Jul 2013 #11

Regardless, the "clown" is likely not being laughed at by Obama. morningfog Jul 2013 #15

Because kidnapping and torture are condoned by the political class Fumesucker Jul 2013 #13

blowing up airplanes is ok too. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #24

Because we only pay lip service to international law. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #14

Well, it was only kidnapping. If it was done here we would just giggle about it. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #20

Justice is only in the eye of the beholder. Rex Jul 2013 #23

I believe that's an old Danish saying? zappaman Jul 2013 #26

No that's just a cheese danish Rex Jul 2013 #28

If it hasn't violated the 5 second rule.. zappaman Jul 2013 #30

Okay...5 second geological time Rex Jul 2013 #32

It's not just beauty any more that is? avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #29

Not just for beauty any more. Rex Jul 2013 #35

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #25

Answer: Because Washington is 2-faced. ~nt 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #27

Because the government is hypocritical Joe Hyperion Jul 2013 #31

Wikileaks puts this story into proper perspective. File under #hypocrisy Catherina Jul 2013 #33

The answer here is simple - we are an empire! Vinnie From Indy Jul 2013 #34