Agents of Cuban dictatorship given access to sensitive security areas of Miami airport
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.....Questions have been raised concerning the choice to grant entry to delicate info to Cuban officers, a privilege usually reserved for representatives of allied nations.
Reports point out {that a} delegation of officers from Havana toured the TSA amenities at MIA as a part of an alternate of information between the US Transportation Security Administration and their Cuban counterparts. However, the go to to delicate areas, the place essential computerized management know-how is positioned, led to pressure with US officers who feared a compromise of nationwide safety. Such visits are often restricted to officers from allied nations.
The TSA’s major mission is to safeguard the nation’s transportation programs to make sure the graceful motion of individuals and items. This incident comes within the midst of the Biden Administration’s determination to take away the Havana regime from the checklist of nations that don’t absolutely cooperate within the combat in opposition to terrorism.
Cuban-American congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar expressed concern over the implications of this determination, suggesting that it may pave the way in which for Cuba’s removing from the checklist of Countries Sponsoring Terrorism.
One ..... described the incident as “letting Castro’s spies into the guts of the Miami International Airport,” emphasizing the dangers related to giving Cuban officers entry to delicate safety know-how. The brokers reportedly had direct entry to superior x-ray know-how aimed toward detecting explosives and stopping terrorist threats, elevating critical issues concerning the safety implications of such actions.
The determination to permit Cuban officers entry to those amenities has sparked fears concerning the potential dangers to nationwide safety, with some suggesting that it may open doorways to different hostile regimes searching for to use vulnerabilities in American democracy. The gravity of the scenario underscores the necessity for vigilance and warning in dealing with delicate info and monitoring entry to important safety infrastructure.
just when you think “what else can he do?”
it’s amazing to wake up everyday to find out what brandon regime has done to wreck havoc on this country.
MarQ
There’s more to the news I posted last night about Cuba and the TSA at Miami International Airport.
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Five years after Cuban spies stole security information from Miami airport, TSA gives them a tour
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Visiting members of Cuba’s socialist regime got a special, TSA-led tour of Miami International Airport (MIA) security areas this week, and Miami-Dade officials said they were kept in the dark about it.
In a statement on social media, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she was “shocked” to learn the Transportation Security Administration invited a Cuban delegation to tour its MIA facilities, where they could view potential security vulnerabilities.
The tour happened Monday and was given without the county’s knowledge, Miami-Dade Aviation Department spokesperson Greg Chin told Florida Politics.
Levine Cava said her office has contacted the Department of Homeland Security “to understand how this decision was made” and to include the county in “any future decisions regarding access to MIA facilities to foreign government officials.”
The troubling incident occurred on the same day many celebrated Cuban Independence Day to commemorate the island nation’s separation from Spain and honor those who have fought to wrest its control from dictators since. Miami-Dade has the largest Cuban diaspora in the United States, with more than 1.2 million Cuban American residents.
The tour also happened just under five years after reportedly leaked Cuban intelligence showed that spies at MIA had stolen security codes and other confidential information.
Then-MIA Director Lester Sola downplayed the documents’ credibility. His predecessor, Emilio González, a retired colonel who once worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency, was less convinced of their inauthenticity and said they raised concerns, if authentic. Gonzalez’s predecessor, Jose Abreu, agreed, noting that “there are security-sensitive areas in the airport. There’s no question about that.”
Ralph Cutíe, MIA’s current Director, said Monday that as a Cuban American, the TSA’s actions “appalled” him.
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There is simply no excuse or justification for giving officials from a sworn enemy of the U.S. with a long history of espionage access to secure areas at one of the busiest airports in America, or anywhere else. It was not only stupid, but dangerous and a serious security breach. But this is America under the Biden administration, which means our national security always comes last.