The case of Luis Posada Carriles calls attention anew to the disturbing pattern of tolerance of exile terrorists and terrorist acts in Miami. Posada is one of those responsible for the downing of the Cubana Flight 455 in 1976 which resulted in the loss of 73 innocent lives, and for directing the bombing of tourist hotels in Havana. Today, he not only walks the streets of Miami a free man, but is honored by his hard-line exile friends at gala dinners and parties, attended by all three Cuban-American congressional representatives from South Florida. In August of 2004, Posada was released from prison in Panama where he was being held on charges stemming from his intention to assassinate Fidel Castro during the latter's visit there. Posada, along with three other exile terrorists, was pardoned by the outgoing President of Panama, Mireya Moscoso, at the specific request of Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Returning to the U.S. in 2005, Posada was arrested and held on a trumped-up charge of illegal entry. This was, in time, dismissed and he is now a free man. As Jose Pertierra explains, "Rather than extraditing Posada to Venezuela - to face 73 charges of first-degree murder in relation to the downing of the Cubana flight - the U.S. has stonewalled Venezuela's extradition request and instead allows Posada to live freely in Miami along with other leading terrorists of Cuban origin such as Orlando Bosch." Peter Kornbluh agrees, noting that "It is impossible for the United States to convince the international community that it is serious about fighting terrorism when one of the world's most renowned international terrorists is being openly wined and dined in Miami for committing the very types of acts the U.S. condemns!"