Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Disturbing White House security breach

The New York Times reported  uninvited guests got past security into the state dinner with the Prime Minister of India..

Coming two days after the 46th anniversary of the Secret Service's failures which contributed to the death of President Kennedy, this is seriously disturbing.

No matter what the cause, security breaches like this cannot be allowed with the threat level against President Obama.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

46th anniversary of the assasination of President Kennedy

Today on the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, I'm reading Brothers in arms:The Kennedys, the Castros, and the Politics of Murder, by Gus Russo and Stephen Molton.

The authors researched recently released archival material. The cover up which has fueled conspiracy theories was not of who killed President Kennedy but the extensive U.S. war against Cuba. Oswald acted alone but was motivated by a desire to retaliate for the attempts to assassinate Fidel. The authors found evidence that Cuban intelligence had been in contact with Oswald and may have known of his plan.

Are among the reasons that relations with Cuba are not normalized the lingering bitterness towards the Castro because of the Cuban intelligence service's relationship with Oswald?

On a related note, I hope the Secret Service learned from their incredible failures on that day to improve security for our president today.