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A Quote from Cong. Lincoln Diaz-Balart in support of the book. "Matt Lawrence and Thomas Van Hare have written an important book detailing an infamous chapter in the history of the Castro dictatorship and a weak United States Administration. By documenting the Cuban regime's espionage activities and the calculated, cold-blooded murder of four humanitarian pilots, Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & The Cuban Five is a timely reminder that the United States must be vigilant against repeating the mistakes of the past. To anyone interested in gaining insight into the utter malevolence of the Cuban dictatorship and the hazards befalling U.S. Administrations who coddle it, I recommend this book."
--- Cong. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21)



A Quote from Scott Carmichael, DIA Counterintelligence Officer and Author. "I wish I was a wealthy man. I would buy 300 million copies of BETRAYAL and provide a copy to every single American citizen, by way of warning: The men who murdered, with impunity and arrogance, three American citizens and one Permanent Resident Alien in the Straits of Florida on 24 February 1996, remain in power off the coast of Florida. BETRAYAL exposes their crime and holds them accountable. Read it."
--- Scott W. Carmichael, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Author of True Believer and the man who captured Cuban spy, Ana Belen Montes



A Quote from Chris Simmons, founder of the CIRC. "In gripping detail, Betrayal reminds readers that Cuba's 1996 shoot down of two civilian aircraft in international airspace was an act of international terrorism. Lawrence and Van Hare's well-researched account highlights the key role of Cuban spies and the Castro brothers in this premeditated murder of four search and rescue pilots. The authors also examine how a high-ranking Cuban spy in the U.S. Government shaped the Clinton administration's timid response and emboldened the Castro regime. The lesson learned by Havana was clear: in dealing with the U.S., you can get away with murder. Anyone looking for insights into the volatile relations between the U.S. and Cuba needs to read Betrayal."
--- Chris Simmons founder of The Cuban Intelligence Research Center



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Will Obama bring a cold-blooded murderer "in from the cold"? – March 30, 2009
The cold shower of reality can start with the new book Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five. The thoroughly documented bottom line in this shocking exposé is "In the end, Fidel Castro got away with murder".


Cuban spies penetrate Washington, call the shots on U.S. policy – April 6, 2009
The detailed and well-documented new book Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five by Matt Lawrence and Thomas Van Hare — an extraordinary piece of investigative writing that was based on 13 years of investigation.... As Betrayal details, the shootdown was actively facilitated by a Cuban spy ring operating on American soil, which had personnel deployed both within and outside of the U.S. Government.



PHOTO GALLERY
A Brothers to the Rescue Cessna 337 on a Search and Rescue Mission, this aircraft known as "El Coqui" flown by the command pilot, Seagull Tango.


Silhouette of a MiG-29UB as used to shoot down the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft.


Map showing location of the actual shootdown, in international airspace, as validated by the U.S. Government, ICAO & OAS.


An empty raft in the Straits of Florida -- balseros who didn't make it to freedom.


A group of Cuban rafters, known as "balseros," who survived the journey because they were found by Brothers to the Rescue.




PRESS INTERVIEWS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS


ON AIR WITH KEVIN PAKOS @ KXXT RADIO
Listen to Matt Lawrence and Thomas Van Hare on KXXT -- Phoenix, Arizona
PART I on February 19, 2009 -- + -- PART II on February 26, 2009

"I could not put it down as I read page after page of accounts of deception and murder."
--- Kevin Pakos, KXXT Radio



ON AIR WITH REID MULLINS @ KTOK RADIO
Listen to Matt Lawrence and Thomas Van Hare on KTOK -- Oklahoma's First News with Mullins in the Morning, February 9, 2009.

"BETRAYAL tells a stunning story of international intrigue and murder, revealing the truth behind the shootdown and attempted cover up of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft on February 24, 1996."
--- Reid Mullins, KTOK Radio



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BOOK SUMMARY
BETRAYAL: CLINTON, CASTRO & THE CUBAN FIVE

Painstakingly researched over 13 years and written over a two year period, BETRAYAL was co-authored by Matt Lawrence and three time Pentagon appointee Thomas Van Hare.

BETRAYAL tells a stunning story of international intrigue and murder, revealing the truth behind the shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft on February 24, 1996, which resulted in the deaths of four men, three of whom were American citizens.

BETRAYAL uncovers the truth behind a subsequent White House cover-up, confirms Cuban complicity, and fully documents what senior U.S. officials would later term, "cold-blooded murder."

SPIES, LIES AND THE CUBAN FIVE

BETRAYAL reveals the names and missions of over a dozen spies and counter-spies involved -- among them, the Cuban Five.

For over 10 years, the Cuban Government has been fighting for their release from U.S. prisons. Twice denied retrial by the appellant courts, these very agents -- one sentenced to two life terms for conspiracy to commit murder -- have recently petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court requesting a new trial -- and marking the beginning of a new strategy of appealing for executive pardon and commutation from the White House.

A COVER-UP OF WHITE HOUSE PROPORTIONS

BETRAYAL documents evidence that senior Clinton Administration officials, including Sandy Berger, Richard Nuccio, Gov. Bill Richardson, DoD leadership and Department of State diplomatic personnel as well as senior military officials may have known of the coming attack on the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft, yet did nothing to prevent it.

The authors provide evidence that the Cuban government prepared for the shootdown and U.S. Government radars and intelligence stations watched as MiGs practiced attacks on light aircraft flown to mimic the Brothers to the Rescue search mission. Ultimately, the Cuban Government didn't attack without warning -- they even went so far as to ask permission of the Clinton Administration to kill American citizens.

They also expose Ana Belen Montes, Cuba's queen of spies, who was DIA's senior most analyst -- arrested in 2001 after a 16 years career as a spy for the Cuban government.

OBAMA: THE CASTROS & THE CUBAN FIVE

The current Attorney General, Eric Holder, and White House Counsel Gregory Craig both served under Janet Reno and in the Clinton Administration during the Cuban rafter exodus of the 1990s. Both were key figures in the handling of the Elián González case, the Cuban child found on a raft at sea who was seized at gun point in 2000 for forcible repatriation to Cuba.
  • Why is the normalization of relations with Cuba so important to the Obama Administration?

  • Will President Obama take Raul Castro offer to trade the Cuban Five for Cuban political dissidents?

  • Will America, under our new president, again fall victim to the wiles of the Castro brothers, as has every other American president since Castro came into power?

If history is to be our guide, Attorney General Eric Holder, White House Counsel Gregory Craig and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- all veterans of President Clinton's ill-fated Cuba policy -- may have already set the stage for yet another BETRAYAL.


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