Dan Rather, CNN and Castro - (unbelievable details unknown previously

A.I.M.ORG ^ | APRIL 18, 2005 | SHERRIE GOSSETT

[CHARLITE]

In his new book "Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant," Fontova describes what he calls a staged interview Dan Rather held with Juan Miguel, father of Elian Gonzalez, the youthful lone survivor of a capsized Cuban boat which sank on its way to the U.S. The custody battle culminated in a dramatic, pre-dawn raid by machine-gun-toting federal agents to snatch the 6-year-old from his Miami relatives during Easter weekend and send him back to Castro's tyranny.

Fontova also tells a heart-wrenching story of Cuba's execution of American businessman Howard Anderson. Anderson owned a chain of service stations and a Jeep dealership and was loved by his Cuban neighbors. He was arrested and tortured by Cuban authorities' Anderson, like other political prisoners, had the blood drained from his body before he was shot by a firing squad. His body was dumped in a mass grave.

[Lazamataz]

He was arrested and tortured by Cuban authorities' Anderson, like other political prisoners, had the blood drained from his body before he was shot by a firing squad.

What's the point of that?

[GianniV]

I hope Dan Rather is raped in prison.

[theDentist]

My guess is, just because you're going to blow holes through a guy is no excuse to be messy.

[FormerACLUmember]

A completely staged interview by CBS. One of many, many thousands.

[JoeSixPack1]

Maybe they ate him?

[Lazamataz]

My guess is, just because you're going to blow holes through a guy is no excuse to be messy.

Actually, I did a search later. They do it out of efficiency: They figure, "Why waste a lot of perfectly valuable blood that could go to hospitals?"

[Yo-Yo]

I guess it's sort of a 'belt and suspenders' approach to execution.

[tet68]

This is what we should do with the Islamofascists,
part them out, and that way they would never die.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

What's the point of that?

I would presume that the point was to give Castro, an America hater to the core, his jollies.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Actually, I did a search later. They do it out of efficiency: They figure, "Why waste a lot of perfectly valuable blood that could go to hospitals?"

Interesting, and even creepier than I thought.

[Michael.SF.]

What's the point of that?

Maybe it is tough to get blood donors for the most advanced nationalized medical system in the world.

Plus they save money on the Orange Juice and sugar cookies they do not have to dispense to him.

[jim macomber]

...had the blood drained from his body before he was shot by a firing squad.

"..before..."???

Didn't that render shooting him a tad redundant?

[Michael.SF.]

"I hope Dan Rather is raped in prison."

Oh come on. It's not like he is virgin or anything.

[Bahbah]

What's the point of that?

Maybe it's painful. I'm not much up on my torture techniques though, so I can't say for sure.

[mlc9852]

Reminds me of his interview with Saddam.

[Lazamataz]

I'm not much up on my torture techniques though, so I can't say for sure.

(cuffs you on the head) PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS, RECRUIT!

[bilhosty]

I hate these people. I canceled my AOL because it was owned by the same company that owns CNN. I recommend other people do to.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

Editor's Note: Mr. Gregory Craig responded to our emailed question with the following statement: "Fontova's description is inaccurate. The translator in question was totally incompetent. He was mistranslating the Q&A between the two parties to the interview."

I hate it when them translators are totally incompetent...

[theDentist]

Maybe they ate him?

You're not gonna go into that whole "Chianti and Fava Beans" thing, are you?