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