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Because that's where the communists are'
« on: September 06, 2014, 02:25:16 pm »
September 6, 2014

'Because that's where the communists are'

By Rick Moran

Prolific bank robber Willie Sutton when asked why he held up banks supposedly said, "Because that's where the money is."

Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon, who reports on an FBI internal document stating that Cuban intelligence is targeting
American academia and university professors to recruit spies, brings to mind Sutton's declaration.

Why should Cuban intel target colleges? Because that's where the communists are.

Cuba’s communist-led intelligence services are aggressively recruiting leftist American academics and university
professors as spies and influence agents, according to an internal FBI report published this week.
Cuban intelligence services “have perfected the work of placing agents, that includes aggressively targeting U.S.
universities under the assumption that a percentage of students will eventually move on to positions within the U.S.
government that can provide access to information of use to the [Cuban intelligence service],” the five-page
unclassified FBI report says. It notes that the Cubans “devote a significant amount of resources to targeting and
exploiting U.S. academia.”

“Academia has been and remains a key target of foreign intelligence services, including the [Cuban intelligence
service],” the report concludes.

One recruitment method used by the Cubans is to appeal to American leftists’ ideology. “For instance, someone who
is allied with communist or leftist ideology may assist the [Cuban intelligence service] because of his/her personal
beliefs,” the FBI report, dated Sept. 2, said.

Others are offered lucrative business deals in Cuba in a future post-U.S. embargo environment, and are treated to
extravagant, all-expense paid visits to the island.

Coercive tactics used by the Cubans include exploiting personal weaknesses and sexual entrapment, usually during
visits to Cuba.

The Cubans “will actively exploit visitors to the island” and U.S. academics are targeted by a special department of
the spy agency.

“This department is supported by all of the counterintelligence resources the government of Cuba can marshal on the
island,” the report said. “Intelligence officers will come into contact with the academic travelers. They will stay in the
same accommodations and participate in the activities arranged for the travelers. This clearly provides an opportunity
to identify targets.”

In addition to collecting information and secrets, Cuban spies employ “influence operations,” the FBI said.

“The objective of these activities can range from portraying a specific image, usually positive, to attempting to sway
policymakers into particular courses of action,” the report said.

This report puts a whole new sheen on pronouncements from academia about Comrade Fidel and Raul and their socialist paradise.
Is Michael Moore an agent of influence for his propagandist portrayal of the Cuban health cares system? Or is he simply a dupe?
You have to wonder

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/09/because_thats_where_the_communists_are.html
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"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2014, 02:29:33 pm »
Doesn't sound that far-fetched to me.

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2014, 02:33:03 pm »
Doesn't sound that far-fetched to me.

Believe me when I tell you that it is not far fetched at all!
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2014, 02:35:15 pm »
Believe me when I tell you that it is not far fetched at all!

That's scary stuff.  They're in it to win it.   **nononono*

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2014, 02:40:30 pm »
That's scary stuff.  They're in it to win it.   **nononono*

You bet your boots they are! And they WILL if we continue to be willfully blind to what is going on here!
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2014, 02:40:52 pm »
Note to Cuban intelligence:
 
Influential Pennsylvania college professor here.  Please send young and beautiful Cuban senoritas to influence my opinions.   

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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2014, 02:45:24 pm »
Note to Cuban intelligence:
 
Influential Pennsylvania college professor here.  Please send young and beautiful Cuban senoritas to influence my opinions.   

Every man has a price.

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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2014, 02:58:17 pm »
Every man has a price.

I didn't say I would succumb to the charms of these beautiful Cuban women.  I only suggested the Cubans could send them over to try to influence me.  Jesse Unruh, a California politician famous for coining the phrase "money is the mother's milk of politics" also once said that anyone who cannot take someone's money -- drink their booze and screw their women -- and then tell them no, should not get into politics.

I figure if it's good for politicians it oughta be good for college profs as well.

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2014, 03:04:18 pm »
I didn't say I would succumb to the charms of these beautiful Cuban women.  I only suggested the Cubans could send them over to try to influence me.  Jesse Unruh, a California politician famous for coining the phrase "money is the mother's milk of politics" also once said that anyone who cannot take someone's money -- drink their booze and screw their women -- and then tell them no, should not get into politics.

I figure if it's good for politicians it oughta be good for college profs as well.

It's certainly worth a try. 

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2014, 03:13:12 pm »
That's scary stuff.  They're in it to win it.   **nononono*

That is the difference between capitalists, and communists. Capitalists are busy making their own way. Just leave them alone, and let them prosper. Communists are about the cause.

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2014, 03:32:14 pm »
Doesn't sound that far-fetched to me.



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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2014, 04:01:08 pm »
The net-net results of fifty-five years of Castroism are:

  • Exodus - One million-plus Cubans have left the island
  • Tens of thousands more Cubans dead and resting at the bottom of the Florida Straits
  • Institutionalized apartheid
  • The transformation of what was once the wealthiest country in the Western hemisphere (after the US) into one of the poorest
  • The transformation of prostitution from a capitalist enterprise, to an ideological weapon.

mass... if it were women they were using, it wouldn't be nearly as repugnant.

They're mostly underage girls... and boys.
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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2014, 07:03:26 pm »
mass... if it were women they were using, it wouldn't be nearly as repugnant.

They're mostly underage girls... and boys.

Too bad.  I might be interested but I don't work at Penn State.   :nometalk:

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2014, 07:04:34 pm »
The soviets targeted US academia during the heyday of the Cold War.

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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2014, 10:18:11 pm »
The soviets targeted US academia during the heyday of the Cold War.

And Communists started WELL before that!
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- J. R. R. Tolkien

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« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2014, 10:57:19 pm »
The soviets targeted US academia during the heyday of the Cold War.

And for me...that's the rub here.  Russia?  China?  Iran?  Yes.

CUBA?   Who the hell cares? 

What are THEY going to do with influence, except turn public opinion regarding lifting sanctions and birthing a tourist industry?  (Something that should have happened at least a generation ago)
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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2014, 11:18:40 pm »
And for me...that's the rub here.  Russia?  China?  Iran?  Yes.

CUBA?   Who the hell cares? 

What are THEY going to do with influence, except turn public opinion regarding lifting sanctions and birthing a tourist industry?  (Something that should have happened at least a generation ago)

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« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2014, 11:25:40 pm »
The report says that Cuba is trying to place moles in academia. It says nothing about how successful the Cubans have been. Furthermore, if we really want to bring Cuba out of communism, the solution is simple; open up our capitalist markets to them.
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« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2014, 11:40:48 pm »
The report says that Cuba is trying to place moles in academia. It says nothing about how successful the Cubans have been. Furthermore, if we really want to bring Cuba out of communism, the solution is simple; open up our capitalist markets to them.
Don't we trade openly and freely, with Russia, China and Vietnam? Why not trade freely with North Korea and Cuba, too?
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« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2014, 01:22:58 am »
Don't we trade openly and freely, with Russia, China and Vietnam? Why not trade freely with North Korea and Cuba, too?

To come full circle....so the military industrial complex can maintain a Boogeyman.

Let's face it.   After the Berlin Wall fell, the current crop of citizens of the old Soviet Union...and by extension the Chinese, realized that they needed to inject a little capitalism into their ideology to keep the pitchforks and torches at bay.

The internet...which brought pictures and video of slick autos and beautiful houses with indoor plumbing and suburban malls with overloaded shelves to the peasants, is also responsible for the sea change in Eastern Europe and China.

However, it doesn't seem to be able to crack the will of the radical Muslims...who simply need killing. 

The 'real' Boogeymen are the 300 million militant Muslims that because of a stifling religious belief, are unable to keep up.
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Re: Because that's where the communists are'
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2014, 05:52:09 am »
Don't we trade openly and freely, with Russia, China and Vietnam? Why not trade freely with North Korea and Cuba, too?

We trade with Cuba. We just don't give them credit. They must pay cash.

We are in fact Cuba's 4th largest trade partner behind China, Spain and Brazil.

We don't import anything from Cuba, other than Cubans.

When you hear anyone in Congress talk about "lifting the embargo" or "lifting the sanctions", they are really arguing in favor of giving Cuba the ability to buy from us on credit. Moody's credit rating for Cuba is Caa1. Botswana, Croatia and Kenya are all rated better credit risks than Cuba by Moody's.

If we do allow Cuba to buy on credit, payment for those purchases are guaranteed by the US taxpayer via the ExIm Bank.
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« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2014, 05:56:35 am »
I did not know that Luis, thank you.
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