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Jennifer Forde

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
249 total appearances

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Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

So, you know, they weren't... They were all educated, wealthy Cubans who then built big businesses in Miami, got huge power over time.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

I mean, Marco Rubio came out of that community.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

So...

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

They have consistently put pressure on the states to keep that kind of antagonistic approach to Cuba.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

They don't want peace.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

They don't want a deal.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

They just want Castro out or the regime out and to take their country back.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

So to kind of see any opportunity that has come up over the past decades that they've had to be able to paint Cuba as the bad guy they've taken.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

So seeing Havana syndrome through that lens was really fascinating because suddenly, you know, Marco Rubio happens to be at a particular point in his career where he can actually make hay of this new story that's coming out of Cuba.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

Cuba.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

And it was sort of interesting to see how quickly all of what Assam was saying with Obama came tumbling down.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

So Obama was the first president to have been able to take it that far, you know, to go over, open arms, say this, let's just bury the hatchet, let's new, you know,

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

a fresh start.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

Adam goes over and within months of Obama having been there in the march, he starts experiencing this weird, this weird kind of sensation.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

And they're kind of going in with this history behind them.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

He's been briefed, you know, don't bring anything you're not willing to leave behind.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

He's a complete novice.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

He comes, you know, a few years ago, he's giving kind of, you know, what traffic,

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

It's a traffic cop.

Crime World
Episode 1360: Havana Syndrome: the mysterious disease targeting the CIA (Part 1)

Yeah.