H4470 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 3, 2007 eight facilities audited. The report con- Officially, Carriles left the CIA in the round over the treatment of Posada cludes that ‘‘The U.S. project to re- middle of 1976. That is the year that Carriles. Next week it is going to stop build Iraq remains far short of its tar- Luis Carriles was convicted in Ven- on a new direction: H, for hypocrisy. gets, leaving the country plagued by ezuela of masterminding the downing [From the LA Times, Apr. 20, 2007] power outages, inadequate oil produc- of the Cuban airplane. A TERRORIST WALKS: LUIS POSADA CARRILES tion, and shortages of clean water and The administration won’t reveal HAS BOASTED OF BOMBING HAVANA HOTELS, health care.’’ what role Carriles played as a CIA YET AMERICAN JUSTICE LETS HIM GO FREE Mr. Speaker, it is time to hold the agent or what his assignments were. Iraqi Government accountable. This His shadowy connections to the United With a misguided decision upholding bail for Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada bill’s timetable and benchmarks finally States Government almost certainly Carriles, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Ap- hold the Iraqis and the President ac- continued after he and the agency part- peals in New Orleans has done more than countable. As Major General Paul ed ways. The media has reported that free a frail old man facing unremarkable im- Eaton stated, ‘‘This bill gives General Carriles helped funnel U.S. supplies to migration charges. It has exposed Wash- Petraeus leverage for moving the Iraqi the Contra rebels attempting to over- ington to legitimate charges of hypocrisy in Government down a more disciplined throw the Sandinista government in the war on terror. path laid out by the Iraq Study Group. Nicaragua in the 1980s. By allowing Posada to go free before his The real audience for the time-line lan- Carriles himself has personally boast- May 11 trial, the court has released a known guage is Prime Minister al-Maliki.’’ ed of a role in the deadly bombings of flight risk who previously escaped from a hotels in Havana, Cuba, in the 1990s. Venezuelan prison, a man who has boasted of Even Defense Secretary Robert Gates helping set off deadly bombs in Havana ho- has noted that the timetable is helpful And Carriles was also convicted in Pan- tels 10 years ago and the alleged mastermind and sends a message that ‘‘The clock is ama in the year 2000 for a plot to assas- of a 1976 bombing of a Cuban airplane that ticking.’’ Gates said, ‘‘The strong feel- sinate Fidel Castro. He was sentenced killed 73 people. Posada’s employees con- ings expressed by Congress about a to prison, but he was later pardoned fessed to the attack, and declassified FBI timetable probably have had a positive and set free. and CIA documents have shown that he at- impact in terms of communicating to You would think that capturing a tended planning sessions. the Iraqis that this is not an open- man like this would have the adminis- In other words, Posada is the Zacarias ended commitment.’’ That is Secretary tration calling a news conference to de- Moussaoui of Havana and Caracas. Gates. clare their success in the war on terror Moussaoui is serving a life sentence without with a long-sought terrorist in cus- parole in a federal prison in Colorado for This bill represents the views of the conspiracy in the 9/11 attacks; Posada is free American people. The latest CBS News/ tody. Not so. Instead, the administra- to live in Miami. New York Times poll from April 26: 64 tion is busy trying to get a court to bar Posada, a 79–year-old Bay of Pigs veteran percent of Americans favor a timetable him from testifying about what he did who served time in Panama for plotting to that provides a withdrawal of the U.S. for the CIA. Carriles’ lawyers have said kill Fidel Castro, has never been charged troops from Iraqi in 2008. his client will talk about that, and the with crimes of terrorism in U.S. courts. In- Mr. Speaker, it is time for account- assignments during and after his offi- stead, Immigrations and Customs Enforce- ability. The veto was wrong, and we cial employment. One of the CIA direc- ment nabbed him for lying to immigration must stand firm. tors during the time of Carriles’ con- authorities after he sneaked in the country nection to the agency was former in March 2005 and held a news conference an- f nouncing his triumphant return. Both Cus- President George H. W. Bush, the toms and the Justice Department lobbied to THE TERRORIST WE CAUGHT BUT President’s father. WON’T PROSECUTE keep Posada behind bars, but U.S. law en- The American people have a right to forcement has never shown a strong interest The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a know what really happened in the 1970s in trying him for more serious crimes. In previous order of the House, the gen- and what role, if any, the United turn, Posada’s lawyer has preemptively tleman from Washington (Mr. States played in the deadly games of warned that if charged, his client would like- MCDERMOTT) is recognized for 5 min- Carriles. Was he a rogue agent or was ly reveal extensive collaboration with the utes. he acting on CIA orders? CIA. Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, next The Cuban Government wants him, The United States keeps 385 suspected ter- week Luis Carriles is scheduled to but we are not talking to Havana as rorists imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, many in isolation and all without U.S. stand trial for allegedly lying to immi- long as Castro is alive and in power. norms of due process. Yet Posada, a con- gration authorities when he entered Venezuela, which has an 80-year-old fessed terrorist, is sent home with an ankle the United States 2 years ago. extradiction treaty with the United bracelet. Most Americans have probably never States, has repeatedly asked for The United States has not been able to per- heard of Carriles, but everyone should Carriles. But the President isn’t talk- suade any of seven allied nations to accept know the real case against him because ing to Venezuela, either, so those re- Posada. A federal judge has ruled that he it shows the double standard of the quests have been denied. can’t be extradited to Cuba or Venezuela be- Bush administration and its so-called The U.S. Customs and Immigration cause he might be tortured. The best solu- commitment to fight terrorism. Service says Carriles poses a signifi- tion would have been for the court to refuse Carriles is being prosecuted for an cant danger to our Nation, but the U.S. bail until trial while the State Department keeps searching for a third-party country immigration violation in America, but Justice Department just hasn’t acted. that would agree to try him on terrorism he has been convicted in other nations In a recent editorial that I submit for charges. for acts of terrorism, including the printing in the RECORD, the Los Ange- Instead, Castro receives a propaganda vic- downing of a commercial Cuban air- les Times described Luis Posada tory gift, the White House has its moral au- liner over 30 years ago that killed 33 in- Carriles as ‘‘the Zacarias Moussaoui of thority undermined and the victims of nocent people. He is a wanted inter- Havana and Caracas.’’ The Times Carriles’ alleged crimes see justice delayed national fugitive. The Bush adminis- points out that Moussaoui is serving a once more. tration knows this, but instead of turn- life sentence without parole for his role The U.S. government has done many odd ing Carriles over to the sovereign Gov- in the 9/11 attacks, but Carriles was re- things in 46 years of a largely failed Cuba ernments of Cuba or Venezuela, as they leased on bail and is living at home in policy, but letting a notorious terrorist walk have asked, we are going to get him on Miami, with his family, awaiting trial stands among the most perverse yet. an immigration violation. next week. The U.S. is holding a person Why is the Bush administration han- convicted of major terrorist acts in f dling Carilles in this way? Three let- other countries, but he is going to be The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ters say it all: CIA. prosecuted for an immigration infrac- previous order of the House, the gen- Carriles was a CIA agent. He was part tion. That is like bringing Osama bin tleman from Maryland (Mr. WYNN) is of the Bay of Pigs debacle, and his Laden in and trying him for a traffic recognized for 5 minutes. fierce opposition to Cuban President ticket. (Mr. WYNN addressed the House. His Fidel Castro has been reported by the The moral compass of the Bush ad- remarks will appear hereafter in the media. ministration is just spinning round and Extensions of Remarks.) VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:47 May 04, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03MY7.103 H03MYPT1 cprice-sewell on PRODPC74 with HOUSE May 3, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4471 IRAQ WAR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL in the same way we treated disasters our caucus, Mrs. SUE MYRICK of North The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a after 9/11 in New York, the same way Carolina, a former chairman of our previous order of the House, the gen- we treated the earthquakes in Cali- conference, and JOHN SHADEGG of Ari- tleman from South Carolina (Mr.