When is a Terrorist not a Terrorist?

When is terrorism not terrorism?

When you are on the American Government side, you get protection from being prosecuted and detained as a terrorist when you have done the dirty work of the government.

Luis Posada Carriles, who is presently living in the United States as a free person was trained by the CIA at the School of Americas in 1961. He planned the successful 1976 bombing of a civilian Cuban jetliner. Posada later aided Ollie North's illegal efforts to get arms to the Nicaraguan Contras, tried repeatedly to assassinate Fidel Castro and was behind a 1997 string of Havana hotel bombings.

Luis Posada Carriles was charged with immigration charges because he entered the United States illegally in 2005, but the case was thrown out of court by a federal judge and Posada was free to go.

Seems there are double standards being applied here. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Source: New York Times Op-Ed piece by Rosa Brooks