George Bush

He was born in Massachusetts in 1924. An ultra-conservative, he was vice-president of the United States during Ronald Reagan’s two terms in office (1981 – 1989) before assuming the presidency that same year, a position he held until 1993. His first, shining moment as a career terrorist, however, was years before when, between 1976 and 1977, he served as CIA director. During this time, he had knowledge of, protected and concealed the activities of organizations of Cuban-born terrorists who operated in the United States and Latin American and Caribbean countries – activities which culminated in the blowing up of a Cuban commercial airplane off the coasts of Barbados. All this took place at a time when the CIA’s covert activities and dirty work had been exposed and harshly criticized —even by the country’s political class— following disclosures by the senatorial committee headed by Frank Church. The silence and evasiveness was demonstrated by the then Vice President Bush in 1988 when, during the congressional hearing, Senator Tom Harking asked him about his ties to Felix Rodriguez, a renowned CIA agent involved in the murder of Ernesto Guevara and the Iran-contra affair, his links to Luis Posada Carriles, responsible for the sabotage of the Cubana flight and his obvious efforts to cover up for Donald Gregg, his National Security adviser, who was heavily implicated in those crimes. Bush was directly responsible for the pardon granted Orlando Bosch, Posada Carriles’ known accomplice, a pardon which has allowed him to reside in the United States. As president, Bush Sr. was responsible for the invasion of Panama in 1989. According to rough estimates, the invasion resulted in the deaths of some 5,000 people who were buried in common graves whose existence has yet to be verified. Officially, there were 472 killed and 2,000 wounded.

Sources: The Cuban People Accuse (Demanda del Pueblo Cubano) Tarpley, Webster G: George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography. www.kmf.org/williams/bushbook.html).