"The United States believes that Cuba has at least a limited offensive biological warfare research and development effort," Mr. Bolton said at the Heritage Foundation. "Cuba has provided dual-use biotechnology to other rogue states. We are concerned that such technology could support [bioweapons] programs in those states." In a later interview, a senior administration official said Washington has gathered "broad and deep" evidence of Cuba's pursuit of such weapons but is "constrained" in what it can disclose publicly.***
They formed the "Group of Four" and in 1997 published the document that landed them in jail, "The Homeland is for All." Their statement criticized a draft document issued by the Communist Party before its national congress that year, saying it focused on the glories of the revolution but offered no pragmatic proposals to the nation's economic ills. The four were convicted behind closed doors in 1999. Bonne, Gomez and Roque received sentences ranging from 3 to four years, and were freed in early 2000.***