MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Ginger Thompson, New York Times, January 14/15, 2011
....The administration had been expected to announce these measures months ago, but Congressional and administration officials said they were delayed because of White House concerns about their possible impact on the 2010 midterm elections.
There were also worries about the effect the move could have on the detention of a contractor for the United States Agency for International Development who was arrested in Cuba more than a year ago....