Feds: High-level couple spied for Cuba
The Justice Department charged a former longtime State Department
official and his wife with sending classified information to Cuba
BY LESLEY CLARK
lclark@MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON -- A former State Department official and his wife have been
arrested on charges of serving as spies for the Cuban government for
nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said Friday.
The couple is also charged with conspiring to provide classified U.S.
information to Havana.
According to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in Washington, Walter
Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, 71, were
charged with conspiracy to act as illegal agents of the Cuban government
and to communicate classified information to the Cuban government.
They're also charged with acting as an illegal agent of the Cuban
government and with wire fraud.
Justice officials said the couple, both Washington residents, were
arrested Thursday by the FBI and made their initial appearances Friday
in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
''The clandestine activity alleged in the charging documents, which
spanned nearly three decades, is incredibly serious and should serve as
a warning to any others in the U.S. government who would betray
America's trust by serving as illegal agents of a foreign government,''
said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.
Feds: High-level couple spied for Cuba - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com
(5 June 2009)
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