The New York Times By Adam Entous 8/5/2026
The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.
The C.I.A. has secretly established a Cuba task force, setting in motion plans for a more concerted campaign to pressure the Cuban government to make the economic, political and leadership changes demanded by President Trump, according to people briefed on the action.
The creation of the task force will allow the agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at Cuba, they said.
The task force has begun adding case officers who recruit and manage spies, intelligence analysts, officers who conduct cyberoperations and officers who specialize in covert influence operations, the people said.
In 1960, the C.I.A. established an earlier Cuba task force, whose members oversaw the failed, agency-backed invasion of Cuba the next year known as the Bay of Pigs.
The people briefed on the new task force said its mandate is more limited: to create fissures among the Cuban political elite, in hope of pressuring the Cubans to replace perceived anti-American hard-liners with more practical leaders more amenable to Mr. Trump’s demands.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/cia-cuba-task-force.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.Rjcq.OCw8k8a74lzn&smid=url-shareI had a co-worker from Cuba who spent time in a Cuban Prison due to the halting of the "Bay of Pigs Invasion".
