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August 4, 2008
MEDIA ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT:
Concept Creations, Inc.
(305) 431-0300 / (305) 608-9996
CHRIS SIMMONS –
more on CUBAN SPIES in
the U.S. ON wqba 1140 am
WHO:
Christopher S. Simmons, an active-duty Lieutenant Colonel in the
U.S. Army and a career counterintelligence officer since 1987, is one of
America ’s foremost authorities on Cuban Intelligence. From 1996-2004,
Simmons was deeply involved with the majority of U.S.
Counterintelligence successes against Cuba . He was a central figure in
the identification, investigation, and debriefing of convicted Cuban
spy, Ana Belen Montes – the highest-ranking Cuban spy ever sent to
prison in the United States . Simmons was the lead military official in
the May 2003 expulsion of 14 Cuban spies serving under diplomatic cover;
the third largest diplomatic expulsion in U.S. history and the only one
not targeted against Russia/USSR. He has lectured on Cuban Intelligence
throughout the U.S. Intelligence Community, to Congress, and in several
academic or private sector forums.
WHAT:
A special radio program hosted by Nelson Rubio. Christopher S.
Simmons is interviewed regarding the four Cuban spies that he named
during his Miami visit last week:
Dr. Alberto Coll: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special
Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) from 1990-1993. Subsequently served
as Chairman of the Strategic Research Department at the Naval War
College . In 2005, he admitted lying about a trip to Cuba and accepted a
plea agreement wherein the rest of his confession was sealed.
Dr. Gillian Gunn Clissold: Associate Director, Caribbean Programs at
Trinity College . One of 16 Cuba experts in FIU’s “ Cuba in Transition”
project. Directed Georgetown University ’s “Cuba Project,” a notorious
magnet for Cuban intelligence officers and agents. Has briefed Cuban
issues to Congress, the CIA, DIA, State Department, and the Army & Air
Force War Colleges (among others).
Marifeli Perez-Stable: Vice President for democratic governance at the
Inter-American Dialogue in Washington , D.C. ; member of the editorial
board of contributors of The Miami Herald; professor in the Department
of Sociology and Anthropology at Florida International University ; and
a newly elected Board member of the Association for the Study of the
Cuban Economy.
Gilberto Abascal: FBI informant against Osvaldo Mitat, Santiago Alvarez,
and Luis Posada Carriles.
WHERE:
WQBA 1140 AM (www.wqba.com)
WHEN:
Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 8:00 p.m. (EST)
INFO:
www.CubanIntelligence.com
* Collaboration: Ana Margarita Martinez
anamargaritam@bellsouth.net
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