document updated 18 years ago, on Dec 2, 2006
Situations in which the U.S. supported or cooperated in an act or actors to do illegal / immoral
things, because they assisted the U.S. in some political situation it was involved in at the time,
but which later they came to regret (at least a little bit).
- Iran-Contra Affair
- Cubana Flight 455 — FBI/CIA backed several cuban exiles who blew up a Cuban flight, killing 73 people onboard (most of whom were civilians)
- While not necessarily directly involved, the FBI/CIA were sending monthly payments to the involved individuals at the time. Also, the CIA/FBI had prior knowledge of the plot, and didn't alert Cuba.
- One of the people involved, Luis Posada Carriles, is now in U.S. custody