The State Department drew criticism in May for its continued claim that there was nothing unusual about the work that American subcontractor Alan Gross was carrying out in Cuba. U.S. government officials – along with the Gross family and their supporters – have largely stuck to their story – that Gross was merely helping Cuban [...]
April roundup
On April 20, jailed American Alan Gross used his weekly cell phone call to reach out to NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. He made a desperate plea: Get me the hell out of here. NBC News reported the story, somehow identifying Alan Gross as Brian Gross in its online edition, an error that remained uncorrected more [...]