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White House defends ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest

By butlerjack-gillum, alberto-arcedesmond
Published April 4, 2014 4:27am ET
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White House defends ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday defended its creation of a Twitter-like Cuban communications network to undermine the communist government, declaring the secret program was “invested and debated” by Congress and wasn’t a covert operation that required White House approval. But two senior Democrats on congressional intelligence and judiciary committees said they had […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday defended its creation of a Twitter-like Cuban communications network to undermine the communist government, declaring the secret program was “invested and debated” by Congress and wasn’t a covert operation that required White House approval.

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