Groups file U.S. data request on four 'terrorists' arrested in Cuba
Source: Reuters
Groups file U.S. data request on four 'terrorists' arrested in Cuba
By David Adams
MIAMI Thu May 29, 2014 4:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - Two U.S. groups critical of the government's counter-terrorism policies have asked the Obama administration to release information about four Miami exiles arrested last month in Cuba and accused of planning armed attacks against the island.
The groups filed joint Freedom of Information Act requests this week asking the FBI, CIA and State Department for any information they have on the four men, as well as records relating to several other Cuban Americans in Miami linked to armed attacks against Cuba.
"Instead of allowing U.S. soil to be used as a staging post for terrorism, the U.S. government needs to state across the board that it is not selective in its repudiation of terrorism," Brian Becker, director of the anti-war ANSWER Coalition, told reporters at a press conference on Thursday to announce the requests.
"Cuba has asked the U.S. government for cooperation and the public has a right to know the truth," added Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, which is seeking the release of a group of unregistered Cuban government agents convicted of spying in the United States.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/29/us-usa-cuba-terrorism-idUSKBN0E928420140529?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401
