John Adams, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (retired) has written that there is a “lack of evidence to support the listing [of Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism," and] there are convincing reasons why Cuba should be removed [from the list].” He concludes, “it is time for the United States to end our counterproductive and hypocritical policy and remove Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list.”

Adams, Is Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism? Let’s get real, State Department, The Hill (Mar. 21, 2012), http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/217483-is-cuba-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-lets-get-real-state-department?utm_source=March+23rd%2C+2012+for+Sarah%27s+list&utm_campaign=March+23+Blast+ss&utm_medium=email.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting, proclaims that it is not “intellectually or analytically honest” for the U.S. to designate Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism.”

To support this conclusion he only has to quote the rationale for that designation. 1. Cuba denounces U.S. counterterrorism efforts. But so do many U.S. elected officials, and the State Department has admitted that Cuba publicly condemned acts of terrorism by al-Qa’ida and its affiliates. 2. Cuba has been a place for other foreigners to seek to enter the U.S. illegally. But Canada is another place for such illegal entry, and the State Department admitted that Cuba has investigated such activities and allowed the U.S. to inspect Cuban airports.

(Goldberg, It’s Time to Remove Cuba From the State-Sponsor-of-Terrorism List (Jan. 17, 2012), http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/its-time-to-remove-cuba-from-the-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-list/251489/.)

On December 1st the Center for International Policy and the Latin America Working Group hosted a conference on the subject of the U.S.’ designation of Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” One of the speakers said,“Cuba’s inclusion on the list . . . without any evidence is a sham that needs immediate correction. It is a misuse of this list as a foreign policy tool and places obstacles in the way of the development of a sane and post-Cold War policy toward Cuba.”

(Latin America Working Group & Center for International Policy, Press Release: A Call for Cuba’s Removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism (Dec. 1, 2011).)

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