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On the recordSeptember 15, 1998
as if we needed more evidence about the national security threat posed to the United States by the Castro regime, the FBI yesterday arrested 10 individuals for operating a spy ring in the U.S. for the Cuban Communist regime. The Cuban spy ring's mission was the collection of information about U.S. military installations and anti-Castro groups operating in Florida. The FBI bust is the latest proof that after 40 years in power, the Castro regime has no intention of changing its totalitarian ideals or its hatred for the freedom and democracy represented by the United States. Castro continues to support international terrorist groups, is constructing a dangerous nuclear power plant a few hundred miles from the U.S., and is said to be developing the capability for biological weapons. This does not sound like a regime ready to reform itself from the totalitarian vision that it continues to promote. Those who continue to make excuses for the Cuban tyrant's behavior should finally wake up to reality.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Addressing the national security threat posed by the Castro regime following an FBI arrest of a spy ring.

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