Art Rascon reports from Havana on Cuba's novel air traffic control practices, the "CBS Evening News," March 1, 1996:

Sources inside and outside the Cuban government have told us that the timing of last week's shootdown may not have been as simple as Cuba just defending what it claims to be a violation of its airspace. These sources tell us a right-wing faction within the Cuban government felt softening relations between the United States and Cuba had gone a bit too far and that the door should not be opened any wider.

...and NBC's "Today" show co-host Bryant Gumbel uses his considerable skills to interview U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright about increased sanctions against Cuba following the incident, February 27, 1996:

In his address to the Security Council, Cuba's U.N. Ambassador said that the increased U.S. sanctions, in his words, "cater to the extreme right wing in an election year." Isn't there some truth to that?

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