What did he do in the United States?
BTW, the courts set him free, not the Bush Adminisration - although we'll propbably see some moonbat accuse the Bushies of letting him go.
Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles (born
February 15,
1928) is a
Cuban born
Venezuelan national, an
anti-Fidel Castro militant,
anti-communist para-military and former
CIA operative. Posada has been accused of involvement in the 1976 bombing of a
Cuban airliner which killed seventy-three people,<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>
[1]</SUP> and has admitted to his involvement in other plots including a string of bombings in 1997 targeting fashionable Cuban hotels and nightspots.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-1>
[2]</SUP><SUP class=reference id=_ref-2>
[3]</SUP><SUP class=reference id=_ref-LA_Times_0>
[4]</SUP> In addition, he was jailed under accusations related to an assassination attempt on Fidel Castro in
Panama in 2000, although he was later pardoned by the Panamanian authorities.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-3>
[5]</SUP><SUP class=reference id=_ref-4>
[6]</SUP>
Posada, nicknamed
Bambi,<SUP class=reference id=_ref-NYTimes_0>
[7]</SUP> is regarded as a hero by some
Cuban exiles hostile to the government in Havana. According to Pepe Hernandez, president of the
Cuban American National Foundation, "He's been fighting one of the worst tyrannies this continent has experienced," Posada, who has denied involvement in the Cubana 455 bombing, insisted his "only objective was to fight for Cuba's freedom".<SUP class=reference id=_ref-5>
[8]</SUP>
In 2005, Posada was held by US authorities in Texas on the charge of illegal presence on national territory before being released on 19 April 2007, which elicited angry reactions from the Cuban and Venezuelan governments. <SUP class=reference id=_ref-6>
[9]</SUP> His release occured despite the U.S. Justice Department urging the court to keep him in jail because he was "an admitted mastermind of terrorist plots and attacks," a flight risk and a danger to the community.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-LA_Times_1>
[4]</SUP> Washington has refused Venezuela's demands for extradition.