CIA secretly formed Cuba task force: Report
(NewsNation) — The CIA has secretly formed a Cuba task force to intensify pressure on the country’s government, according to reporting from the New York Times.
The paper said the task force will be able to direct more financial, human and technical resources to efforts to push for political and economic change in Cuba.
The task force is reportedly comprised of case officers, intelligence analysts, cyber specialists and others focused on covert influence operations.
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President Donald Trump has had Havana in his sights for some time, especially after a successful operation in Venezuela, where President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces and extradited during a raid.
Although the administration has been focused on the war with Iran, which has stretched well beyond Trump’s stated timeline of a few weeks, the president has also continued to ramp up pressure on Cuba, seeking regime change in a country that has been the subject of U.S. pressure for decades.
The Trump administration has ramped up economic sanctions and instituted an oil blockade, plunging the impoverished country into an energy crisis.
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The creation of a CIA task force on Cuba is not without historical precedent. In 1960, the agency established a task force that led to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961.
Trump has reportedly weighed military options for Cuba, including the possibility of a U.S. invasion, with some experts warning that the U.S. could face stiffer-than-expected resistance, similar to that which it has been confronted with in Iran.
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