[Mo1]

She approves personal service contracts by the U.S. mission in Cuba and recently warned a staffer there that his aggressive distribution of books and radios would get him kicked out of the country. O'Connell was instrumental in stalling the installation of Bush's nominee as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs: Cuban-born Otto Reich, a former ambassador to Venezuela

SHE approves personal service contracts ???

Don't mind me .. I'm still catching up and thinking out loud

But who is this women and WHY does she have so much say?

[piasa]

She approves personal service contracts by the U.S. mission in Cuba and recently warned a staffer there that his aggressive distribution of books and radios would get him kicked out of the country.

Sounds like she's a case officer working for Cuban intel 'service,' just trying to fix what ails Castro, or even what irks him. Wonder if she listens to "all numbers, all the time radio."