Saturday, November 21, 2009

Retired US official and wife admit spying for Cuba

According to the article"Retired US official and wife admit spying for Cuba" from BBC, one couple was arrested by spying for Cuba in June. They admitted that crime. Walter Kendall Myers, the retired officer at US state departement, and his wife had been spying for Cuba for almost 30 years. They were hired by Cuban intelligence agent when they were in South Dakota. They even met Fidel Castro in 1995. They were using shortwave radio to receive message from Cuban government and used shoppong trolleys to give them American secrets.
He is going to spend the rest of his life in prison and his wife is going to spend less than 7 and a half years.

by Yuri Iwasaki

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