One American who became an eye witness to Castro's tyranny was Anthony Bryant, once a black revolutionary, who while in a Cuban prison discovered the truth about Communism, and at the same time discovered God. Bryant made national headlines when, in 1969, he hijacked a passenger jetliner and diverted it from Miami to Havana. His objective was to obtain arms to be smuggled back to the United States to be used to initiate guerrilla warfare here. Once in Cuba, however, Bryant was arrested and charged with sedition against the Cuban Government. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, not because he hijacked a jetliner or robbed the passengers on board, but because one of the men he robbed was a secret Cuban agent working in the United States. The agent had to go underground because of his exposure. After spending 12 years in Cuban prisons, Bryant was among several prisoners allowed to return to the United States during a public relations campaign put on by Castro. Bryant then traveled all over the United States telling of his experience in Castro's Marxist Utopia. Here are some of his eyewitness accounts: First of all, I'll tell you that I expected to find a government which would be caring, kind, and really considerate of its population. However, I found that it was really the exact opposite. I witnessed beatings there, I think I probably witnessed thousands in the 12 years I was in Cuba. It was a situation where it was a daily 130 The Secret Side of History member Dwight D. Eisenhower. The tragic results of their actions, and inactions, are now history.