Meanwhile a Cuban man connected to the 1976 bombing of a commercial airliner is in the news agin this week. The man — Luis Posada Carriles — is one of the most notorious militant opponents of Fidel Castro. He was trained 40 years ago by the U.S. military and is now seeking political asylum in Florida. On Tuesday Venezuela’s Supreme Court ruled that the government should seek his extradition from the United States to face terrorism charges. In 1985 he escaped from a Venezuelan prison after being jailed in connection to the airline bombing that killed 73 people. He has also been jailed in Panama for trying to assassinate Castro on Panamanian soil. Castro has described Posada as “the most famous and cruel terrorist of the western hemisphere.” Earlier this week State Department official Roger Noriega spoke about Posada’s request for asylum and gave mixed messages. Accordin He claimed the Bush administration didn’t know for sure if Posada was in the United States. He said Cuban claims about Posada QUOTE “may be a completely manufactured issue.” At the same time Noriega said the U.S. is QUOTE “not interested in granting him asylum.”