Paul Boutin

While most of us are off reading CNN’s confession today (and read it you should - I ‘m waiting to see who’ll accuse CNN of treason first), Andrew Breitbart files a Weekend Journal article reminiscent of Spy magazine’s old pranks:

This week Castro continued his crackdown on dissidents with the speedy conviction of at least 74 nonviolent government opponents in nonpublic kangaroo-court proceedings. Reporter-photographer Omar Rodriguez Saludes, writer Raul Rivero and magazine editor Ricardo Gonzalez received sentences of up to 27 years each.

The [US] House passed a condemning resolution, 414-0, and Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and International PEN, among others, joined the chorus of condemnation.

But wait - where are the TV and movie stars we turn to for foreign policy guidance in America? Breitbart called famous Castro supporters in Hollywood for comment, and published the disappointing results:

Requests to Ms. Walters, Mr. Carter and Mr. Turner for an explanation were left unresponded to, while Mr. Moonves’s and Mr. Freston’s offices went on record not to go on the record. Andy Spahn, a Spielberg rep at Dreamworks, said that the director was in pre-production and could not be reached for comment. Mr. Spahn went on to say, though, that the recent crackdown had been “provoked” by James Cason, a U.S. diplomat in Havana, who is reported to have met with Cuban dissidents in their homes in February.

I’m sure Fidel is as brilliant and charismatic as they say he is. He’s figured out that as long as he charms the actors, he can jail all the writers he wants.