American officials said Mr. Gross’s release was made on humanitarian grounds and not directly part of a prisoner swap. Instead, the United States traded the three Cuban spies for what officials called an “intelligence asset” who has been imprisoned in Cuba for 20 years.
Per the NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/americas/us-cuba-relations.html?_r=0
All so from the same article:
WASHINGTON — The United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba and open an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half-century after the release of an American contractor held in prison for five years, American officials said Wednesday.
“...The United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba and open an embassy in Havana...”
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ANOTHER “In Your Face America”....our commie sociopath pandering to the world’s dictators and communists. How much more anti-American can it get??
The ransom is paid. What’s next?