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• They Know You’re Reading This

  Have the news reports of the excesses of power that our government has been engaging in bothered you?

  Read on.

  Twenty-five miles due south of Salt Lake City, a massive construction project is nearing completion. The heavily secured site belongs to the National Security Agency.

  "The spy center" -- that's what some [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 20, 2013, 9:30am in Cuba

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• Short Takes

  Afghan commandos step into the fight.

  Justice Department defends its seizure of phone records at AP.

  Abortion doctor convicted of murder avoids death penalty.

  Inspector General report on the IRS says there’s still a problem.

  American accused of spying ejected from Russia.

  The Tigers beat the Astros 6-2.

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  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 15, 2013, 3:00am in News, Politics

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• American spy for Cuba: ‘I am a soldier for the Cuban revolution’

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  Some ipecac syrup for a Saturday morning.

  Via CNN:

  Cuban spy, back in Havana after years in U.S. prison: No regrets

  Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Proclaiming "I am a soldier for the Cuban revolution," a Cuban intelligence agent said Friday he has no regrets about the spying that landed him in U.S. [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 11, 2013, 8:05am in Cuba

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• American born spy for Castro dictatorship renounces citizenship to stay in Cuba

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  First, a federal judge allowed convicted American spy Rene Gonzalez, who spied for Cuba's dictatorship and was part of a conspiracy that resulted in the murder of four innocent Americans, to travel to Cuba to visit relatives while serving the probation portion of his sentence. Then, a federal judge offered [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 07, 2013, 8:15am in Cuba

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• 5 Napkin Grill Celebrates National Hamburger Month With The Asiago Burger

  5 Napkin Grill in South Beach is celebrating National Hamburger Month by adding a new Burger to its arsenal. The Asiago Burger is a “beef patty with topped with roasted tomatoes, basil mayo & arugula on a seeded roll with the option to add crispy pancetta“. It’s available through the [...]
  From The Burger Beast at May 04, 2013, 1:24pm in Food and Dining

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• Ros-Lehtinen: U.S. Born Cuba Spy Jeopardized National Security Yet Rewarded By Being Reunited with Family in Cuba

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  May 3, 2013

   

  U.S. Born Convicted Spy for Cuba Jeopardized U.S. National Security Yet Is Rewarded By Being Reunited with Family in Cuba

  “Gonzalez to stay in luxury in Cuba while Alan Gross continues to languish in a Castro gulag”

  (WASHINGTON) –U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Middle East [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 04, 2013, 8:07am in Cuba

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• Cuban spy to give up citizenship and remain in Cuba

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  Curt Anderson has all of the details:
  
  

  One of the convicted spies known as the "Cuban Five" will be able to permanently remain in Cuba in exchange for renouncing his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Friday after U.S. officials dropped their initial opposition.
  Rene Gonzalez, 56, [...]

  From Southern District of Florida Blog at May 03, 2013, 4:10pm in Law

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• Cuba’s Spy Network in the U.S. Government

  A Cop's Watch has the Stratfor report on Cuba's extensive spy network in the U.S. government:

  Security Weekly: The Cuban Spy Network in the U.S. Government, May 2, 2013

  By Scott Stewart
  Vice President of Analysis

  On April 25, the U.S. government announced that it was unsealing an indictment charging Marta Rita [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 03, 2013, 9:10am in Cuba

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• Ros-Lehtinen: No Change in Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Reaffirms the Threat Posed by the Castro Regime

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  May 1st, 2013

  No Change in Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Reaffirms the Threat Posed by the Castro Regime, Says Ros-Lehtinen Ileana also calls for North Korea to be re-designated as a State Sponsor of Terror

  “Cuba also continues to operate its vast spy network within the [...]

  From Babalú Blog at May 01, 2013, 6:27pm in Cuba

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• U.S. seeking to extradite fugitive American spy for Cuba hiding in Sweden

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  The U.S. is seeking to extradite Marta Rita Velasquez, a former U.S. State Department employee and spy for the Cuban dictatorship who recruited captured Castro master spy, Ana Belen Montes.

  Via the UPI at Cuba Confidential:

  U.S. Seeks Extradition of Alleged Cuban Spy Living in Sweden

  WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) — U.S. [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 29, 2013, 12:00pm in Cuba

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• Cuban spy story gets more and more interesting: Puerto Rican woman accused by U.S. of spying for Cuba for 17 years, a Princeton and Georgetown Law School grad, remains out of reach of U.S. justice because she lives in Stockholm; Sweden won't extradite h

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  Cuban spy story gets more and more interesting: Puerto Rican woman accused by U.S. of spying for Cuba for 17 years, a Princeton and Georgetown Law School grad, remains out of reach of U.S. justice because she lives in Stockholm; Sweden won't extradite her on espionage charges, plus, she's now' [...]
  From Hallandale Beach Blog at April 26, 2013, 10:39am in Communities

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• New Cuba spy revelations highlight serious threat posed by Castro dictatorship

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  It is the mantra repeated by "Cuba Experts," anti-embargo proponents, and the Castro regime's supporters and sycophants here in the U.S.: The Castro dictatorship in Cuba is not a threat to the United States. The latest revelation yesterday from the Justice Department, however, tells a much different story. It has [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 26, 2013, 9:05am in Cuba

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• Money quote from latest Cuban spy scandal:

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  "Velazquez, who was an attorney advisor at the Department of Transportation and later worked at the (State Depts') U.S. Agency for International Development, allegedly used political connections to get Montes a position at the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1985."

  So that's one Cuban spy employed by the U.S. State' [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 26, 2013, 12:40am in Cuba

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• The damage done by Cuba’s biggest spy

  Frank Calzon in The Miami Herald:

  The damage done by Cuba’s biggest spy

  The Obama Administration soon will be releasing its list of countries that support international terrorism. Currently on the list are: Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba. Cuba has been listed since 1982 but Reps. James P. McGovern, D-Mass., and [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 25, 2013, 3:45pm in Cuba

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• Rep. Kathy Castor cites Cuban spy’s report as proof Cuba is not a threat to U.S.

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  Ana Belen Montes, the U.S. intelligence expert convicted of spying  for Cuba's Castro dictatorship drafted the infamous 1998 Defense Department report claiming the Castro dictatorship was no longer a threat. Obviously, this report is not worth the paper it is written on and should have been shredded a long time [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 25, 2013, 10:00am in Cuba

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• Ros-Lehtinen: Story of Cuban Spy Ana Belen Montes Illustrates the Constant Threats Posed By the Castro Regime

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  April 19, 2013

   

  Story of Cuban Spy Ana Belen Montes Illustrates the Constant Threats Posed By the Castro Regime, Says Ros-Lehtinen

  “Jim Popkin’s feature in this weekend’s Washington Post Magazine does an exceptional job illustrating the damage caused by Ana Montes to United States national security. It is a must [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 19, 2013, 5:45pm in Cuba

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• WaPo Magazine: ‘Ana Montes did much harm spying for Cuba. Chances are, you haven’t heard of her’

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  An extensive and informative piece in the Washington Post Magazine on convicted master spy Ana Belen Montes, who delivered countless U.S. intelligence secrets to the Castro dictatorship in Cuba over her seventeen-year spy career:

  Ana Montes did much harm spying for Cuba. Chances are, you haven’t heard of her

  By Jim [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 19, 2013, 12:00pm in Cuba

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• El Salvador, March 31, 1987: One American and 64 others murdered thanks to Cuban spy Ana Belen Montes

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  It was twenty-six years ago yesterday that 65 people were murdered in a communist guerrilla attack in El Salvador, including American Army Green Beret, Sergeant First Class Gregory A. Fronius. The bloody attack took place shortly after a visit by a Cuban spy embedded in the U.S. military intelligence community, [...]

  From Babalú Blog at April 01, 2013, 11:10am in Cuba

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• Krispy Kreme Donut Bacon Cheeseburger!

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  From Nikon Miami at March 31, 2013, 12:40pm in Photography and Video

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• Girl Scout Cookie Ice Cream

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  A couple weeks ago I splurged and bought a couple boxes of my favorite Girl Scout cookies, Tagalongs and Samoas.  For anyone who isn’t a cookie freak like me, Tagalongs (aka Peanut Butter Patties) are crispy cookies layered with peanut butter and covered with a chocolaty coating.  Samoas (aka Caramel [...]

  From Will Jog for Food at March 22, 2013, 6:52pm in Life, Health

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• Real-Life Pain & Gain Star Ed DuBois Composes Ode to Torture Plot

  The bluesy track starts with eerie piano chords and a spooky fiddle. Then a deep, raspy voice croons, "They stole my money, they took my home. Left me on the street, to die alone. I live in parad...

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  From Riptide 2.0 at Fetched: March 19, 2013, 9:27am in Media

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• Porchetta: roasted loin wrapped in crispy pork belly served with...

  
  
  

  Porchetta: roasted loin wrapped in crispy pork belly served with roasted potatoes and green beans. One of @salumeria104’s most popular dishes! (at Salumeria 104)

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  From JLPR Muse & News at March 15, 2013, 7:43pm in Business

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• Why Americans Have Offshore Bank Accounts

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  This exclusive report from Reuters outlines how all American's private bank accounts could become open territory for ALL U.S. "spy agencies" under Obama's latest overreach plan...

  The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data [...]

  From Babalú Blog at March 14, 2013, 12:59pm in Cuba

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• Free Krispy Kreme doughnut March 10

  Pick up a free glazed doughnut at participating Krispy Kreme shops.

  The Daylight Savings Time offer, one per guest,  is March 10. No purchase required.

  A list of participating shops is featured on the website, but it’s always a good idea to phone first  to be sure a [...]

  From Fort Lauderdale on the Cheap at March 08, 2013, 8:46am in Food and Dining, Life, Music, Nightlife, Travel

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• The Americans ‘Trust Me’ review: Trust no one

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  One of the hazards of being a spy is that you never know who you can really rely on – even if it’s your own people. Philip learns this lesson the hard way this week when after arranging to meet up with Martha, he is immediately kidnapped and taken [...]

  From No White Noise at March 07, 2013, 10:38am in TV

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• Haiti Correspondent Recalls Adventures With Graham Greene, Horrors of Duvalier Regimes

  Graham Greene is a literary legend, famous for best-selling spy novels like Our Man in Havana, The End of the Affair, and The Quiet American. But the writer was as mysterious as his characters: ...

  Continue reading "Haiti Correspondent Recalls Adventures With Graham Greene, Horrors of Duvalier Regimes" > [...]
  From Riptide 2.0 at Fetched: March 04, 2013, 9:45am in Media

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• The State Department’s René González ‘Goat Rope’

  Lt. Col. Chris Simmons at Cuba Confidential:

  Commentary: The State Department’s René González “Goat Rope”

  In a story covered by the Associated Press and other media outlets (see yesterday’s posting), Castro regime officials decried their lack of access to René González. A convicted spy and paroled felon, René González was part [...]

  From Babalú Blog at March 01, 2013, 12:00pm in Cuba

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• A Spy in the House of Love

  Normal false false false EN-US JA X-NONE... [...]
  From mama sass at February 26, 2013, 6:00am in Personal, Life, Parenting

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• Classmates.com! (Multi-Convicted Castroite spy Gerardo Hernandez and Arturo Lopez-Callejas)

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  He (Gerardito Hernandez on left) rose to the rank of major in Castro's KGB-tutored Intelligence agency! Whereas his classmate at the Castro-regime's top KGB-tutored spy school (Arturito Lopez-Callejas, on left)...well...?

  According to the FBI's affidavit, DGI major Gerardo Hernandez and his cohorts were engaged [...]

  From Babalú Blog at February 25, 2013, 12:24pm in Cuba

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• Infiltrators

  We’re up early this morning to embark on our undercover mission: liberals in disguise as WASPy preps to spend the day passing judgment on the toys of the very rich.

  Actually, it’s just Bob and me looking over the fine cars at the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance.  They always have a [...]

  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at February 24, 2013, 6:24am in News, Politics

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