Thaw in US - Cuba relations

[Razgovory]

Tonight my dad was telling me about how his dad visited Cuba quite a bit back in the 1930's.

Was he mobbed up?

When did Batista take power?  From what I've read, that's when US business interests (beyond agriculture) got really excited.

Yeah, pretty much.  That side of the family is weird.

[Jacob]

It is, the righteous, lefty stance that the Cuban 5 are not spies.

It appears the preferred term is "Anti-Terrorist Heroes".

[derspiess]

So how was the party, Jake? 

[Admiral Yi]

It appears the preferred term is "Anti-Terrorist Heroes".

So spies, but the good type.

[Valmy]

Should have happened 20 years ago, but good going Mr. Obama.  This will be a fatal blow to Cuba's regime.

[Jacob]

So spies, but the good type.

Yeah, I guess it doesn't count as spying if they're heroes.

[derspiess]

Should have happened 20 years ago, but good going Mr. Obama.  This will be a fatal blow to Cuba's regime.

Cute.

[Valmy]

Should have happened 20 years ago, but good going Mr. Obama.  This will be a fatal blow to Cuba's regime.

Cute.

You having such irrational faith in a failed policy that has done such harm to Major League Baseball prospects is far cuter.

[Razgovory]

It's amusing that the GOP is bring up "human rights abuses" when earlier this week they were defending "enhanced interrogation".

[CountDeMoney]

It appears the preferred term is "Anti-Terrorist Heroes".

So spies, but the good type.

Meh, they were spies, but not the traditional type.

With rare exception, the Cuban intelligence service doesn't really spy on the United States in the traditional sense;  what's much more important is keeping tabs on the dissident and exile community.  These mutts were more like counterintelligence operatives on US soil.

[Jacob]

It appears the preferred term is "Anti-Terrorist Heroes".

So spies, but the good type.

Meh, they were spies, but not the traditional type.

With rare exception, the Cuban intelligence service doesn't really spy on the United States in the traditional sense;  what's much more important is keeping tabs on the dissident and exile community.  These mutts were more like counterintelligence operatives on US soil.

Yeah, Vancouver is full of PRC operatives like that too I'm pretty sure.

[derspiess]

Meh, they were spies, but not the traditional type.

With rare exception, the Cuban intelligence service doesn't really spy on the United States in the traditional sense;  what's much more important is keeping tabs on the dissident and exile community.  These mutts were more like counterintelligence operatives on US soil.

So says the Castro apologist.

[Jacob]

So says the Castro apologist.

What? You don't think Castro has anything to apologize for?

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, Vancouver is full of PRC operatives like that too I'm pretty sure.

You bet your General Tsao's Chicken it is.

Back in the '60s, when the BPD had developed its Red Squad, it would send cadets to the universities where SDS meetings were being held;  one roll in, and while the meeting was going on, pass around a sign-in sheet on a clipboard for everybody in attendance to leave their name, number and address for the "mailing list" and then take it back to headquarters afterwards, nice and easy, lemon squeezy.  So you see, sometimes counterintelligence isn't nearly as difficult or romantic as one would think.

You're an intuitive one, Xiacob, so I know you already realize all these Chinese "student associations" on college campuses aren't necessarily being organized and run by students.

[Jacob]

You're an intuitive one, Xiacob, so I know you already realize all these Chinese "student associations" on college campuses aren't necessarily being organized and run by students.

Don't think I had to rely on my intuition for that one, ComradeDeMoney