Re: [Marxism] Fidel Castro comments on "Spies for Cuba" case

["Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lüko Willms (lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote on 2009-06-07 at 11:32:17 in  
about [Marxism] Fidel Castro comments on "Spies for Cuba" case:
> 
> 
>   Fidel Castro's comments in Spanish is here:
> > <http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/secciones/ref-fidel/art151.html>
> 
>   On his own website they have not yet posted neither the Spanish original 
> nor any translation. Watch this space: 
> > <http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/reflexiones.html>

  There is now an english translation available at
> <http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/reflexiones/2009/ing/f060609i.html>


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Reflections by Comrade Fidel

 

A RIDICULOUS RESPONSE TO A DEFEAT

 

Yesterday in the afternoon, while thoroughly analyzing the speech delivered 
by Obama at the Muslim University of Cairo, I received some reports 
published by the news agencies with the weird information that two retired 
persons more than 70 years old had been arrested on charges of having 
been spying for the government of Cuba for 30 years.  Almost all the 
important western press agencies - eight of them- disseminated the news.

The persons accused are Walter Kendall Myers and his wife Gwendolyn 
Steingraber Myers.  It is also said that Walter worked as a specialist in 
European affairs and that in 1995 -14 years ago- the couple had traveled to 
Cuba and were received by me.  During that time I met with thousands of 
American citizens for different reasons, either individually or in groups; at 
times there groups that numbered several hundreds, such as the students 
who traveled to Cuba on the Semester at Sea cruise ship project, so I could 
hardly remember any details about a meeting with two persons.  Now I realize 
why George W. Bush prevented the cruise ship students to continue visiting 
Cuba.  They talked with me for many hours, despite the fact that they 
belonged to high-middle class families.

That accusation points out that the married couple received numerous 
awards, but at the same time it acknowledges that they never did it for 
money or personal benefits.

I for one can assert that, as a matter of principle, we have never tortured 
anyone nor have we paid anyone to obtain any type of information.  Those 
who one way or the other helped to protect the lives of Cuban citizens 
against terrorist plans and the plots to attempt against the life of their 
leaders, of the many which were perpetrated by several US administrations, 
did so moved by the imperatives of their own consciousness and, in my 
opinion, they deserve every honor in this world.

What is curious is the fact that this news is published 24 hours after the 
defeat suffered by the US diplomacy at the General Assembly of the OAS.

What is really weird is this:  If these persons were under surveillance, 
because there were some FBI agents who managed to fool them by 
pretending that they were Cuban spies, why weren't they arrested before? 
Why are they arrested now?

Now begins the game of the alleged justice against two persons who have 
been morally torn to shreds beforehand through accusations that will arrange 
in advance the behavior of the jury that is to decide whether they are guilty 
or not guilty.  Obviously they will not receive the kind treatment accorded to 
the terrorists who were recruited by the government of that country to 
destroy the Cubana airliner with all its passengers inside and to commit 
horrible crimes against our people.  They have also violated the US laws, for 
many of these despicable terrorist actions were carried out in the US 
territory.

A whole campaign has already been launched against the married couple; 
they are portrayed as traitors who could be sanctioned to 35 years 
imprisonment, a sentence they will have to serve until they are more than 
100 years old.  The prosecutors will be able to resort to their traditional 
maneuvers in their quest for political goals.

All of this mess has been created after Obama took office as President of the 
United States.  Perhaps the arrest was influenced not only by the tremendous 
setback suffered at San Pedro Sula, but also by the news that there have 
been some contacts between he governments of the United States and Cuba  
to deal with important issues of common interest.

According to a news report published by ANSA, Walter Kendall Myers 
declared that he tried to be "very prudent" when picking up or transmitting 
secrets to Cuba.

Other articles refer to a diary that was found in Gwendolyn's possession.  If 
all of this were true, I could not but admire her selfless and courageous 
behavior towards Cuba.

The confrontation with the United States is of an ideological character and 
has nothing to do with the security of that country.

However, yesterday other three reports from news agencies released 
information that does have a lot do with the political moral and the security 
of the United States:

The agency AFP reported that a new debate had taken place on Friday when 
several Democrat legislators accused the Republican opponents of revealing 
secret information about torturing techniques, which was made public during a 
closed door session of the Congress.

The report adds that the Representative from Illinois, Jan Schakowski, pointed 
out that everybody in the commission understands what a closed door hearing 
means.

She further stated in a communiqué that the members of this commission 
acted in an irresponsible manner when they left from the confidential meeting 
before it ended and went straight ahead to speak to the press.

The news agency AP stated that the federal prosecutors had accused a man 
for having launched threats against President Barack Obama after he 
presumably told a bank employee in Utah that his mission was to kill the 
president.

The local diary Salt Lake Tribune published on Thursday on its website stated 
that Daniel James Murray had confessed his intentions to a bank cashier on 
May 27 while he was withdrawing 13 000 dollars from a bank account.

According to the newspaper, no one knows where the accused is.  A 
document submitted yesterday to the justice authorities states that Murray is 
from New York and that very recently he had traveled to California, Utah, 
Georgia, Oklahoma, and possibly Texas.

The newspaper further states that the Secret Service claims that Murray has 
at least 8 registered fire arms, and adds that Malcolm Wiley, a spokesman for 
the Secret Service in Washington, had told The Associated Press that he 
won't make any comments in this regard.

According to the AFP news agency, sensitive US military technologies 
required to manufacture nuclear weapons can easily be acquired in the United 
States and exported illegally, as advised by the Congress GAO.

In a recent report published by that institution it is stated that, using a 
front 
company and false identities, the GAO was able to buy sensitive products, 
such as infrared goggles used by the US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to 
identify targets during night time, electrodes to detonate nuclear weapons, 
electronic sensors used in the manufacturing of hand-made bombs and used 
chips from remotely controlled missiles.

Isn't it so that that immense and sophisticated arsenal that has been made 
available to the market is placing the world at the verge of a precipice?

Don't you all find the whole story about Cuban espionage quite ridiculous?

 

Fidel Castro Ruz

June 6, 2009

3:12 p.m.
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Comradely yours, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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