Writing in POLITICO on Tuesday, Dasha Burns and Nahal Toosi reported that in recent months the US intelligence community has “sent spies and assets” to Cuba. The authors said the CIA, White House, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence all declined requests for comment. The cityscape of Havana, as Cuba scrambles to reconnect its national electrical grid following a nationwide blackout, in Havana, Cuba August 4, 2026. By all accounts, he is eager to add running Cuba to his area of responsibilities and not optimistic about diplomacy. It was part of a pattern of the US setting up pretexts for a potential attack on Cuba.