Dodd's Farewell Tour of Havana

October 4, 2010

U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT), who is retiring from Congress at the end of this year, is currently in Cuba.

An outspoken and zealous critic of U.S. policy towards Cuba -- while an under-spoken and passive critic of the Castro regime's dictatorship -- Senator Dodd is no stranger to Havana.

Senator Dodd's office has confirmed the trip, but given no specifics.

Meanwhile, State Department spokeswoman Virginia Staab told Radio Martí that Dodd "is on a fact-finding trip consistent with his role as a senator. As we and others have done, we expect the Senator to urge the Cuban government to immediately release Mr. [Alan] Gross."

Alan Gross is an American development worker, who has been held -- without trial or charges -- by the Castro regime since last December for helping the island's small Jewish community connect to the Internet.

We're eager to learn what "facts" Senator Dodd finds.