Cuban Spies Arrested

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Ex-U.S. State official, wife face Cuba spy charges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife have been arrested for spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years, the Justice Department said on Friday.

Walter Kendall Myers, 72, aided by his wife Gwendolyn Myers, 71, used his Top Secret security clearance to pass on classified information to the Cuban government and at one point met with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, according to court documents.

The two were charged with conspiracy to act as illegal agents of the Cuban government and to communicate classified information to Cuba, the Justice Department said. They were also charged with wire fraud and acting as

illegal agents.

They face up to 35 years in prison. The two pleaded not guilty and will be held until a detention hearing on Wednesday, a Justice Department official said.

A lawyer representing the couple declined to comment.

The arrests come as the United States and Cuba have offered glimmers of hope that they might be ready to end years of hostility. In mid-April, President Barack Obama pledged a "new beginning" with Cuba after modestly easing the 47-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Havana.

The Cuban government had no immediate reaction.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5546CA20090605

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I hope that the US at least gets Fidel's Top Secret Menudo recipe when all is said and done.

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Spies should be shot.

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Spies should be shot.

in other countries, that's normally what happens to them.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Spies should be shot.

in other countries, that's normally what happens to them.

I suppose these two will still get their pensions.