They came one day after the New York Times revealed that the CIA has secretly established a Cuba task force, adding case officers who recruit and manage spies, intelligence analysts, cyber-operations personnel and specialists in covert influence operations. The Times states plainly what this is for: the intelligence “will help the U.S. military update its options for potential military action against Cuba.” Cuba will figure among its principal targets, together with the coordination of repression against social opposition throughout the region. Such a move would not be aimed at boosting popularity for the Republican Party—only 15 percent of Americans support a war against Cuba. The last time the CIA established a Cuba task force was 1960.