Fortunately, there was more evidence against them than just ``owning a SW radio`` which in this case meant transmitter. But wait, another version, from Reuters, said they RECEIVED messages via SW, and we know what that means, final final --- (gh)
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5546CA20090605 (via Harry Helms, DXLD) --- On Fri, 6/5/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Couple Indicted on Charges of Spying for Cuba > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > Filed at 4:12 p.m. ET > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- A retired State Department worker with > top secret security clearance and his wife have been > indicted on charges of spying for Cuba over the past three > decades. > > The indictment unsealed Friday in Washington says Walter > Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, > have been clandestine agents for Cuba since 1979. The pair > were arrested Thursday. > > The indictment says the couple met with Cuban President > Fidel Castro in Cuba in 1995, traveling through Mexico under > false names. They allegedly made several other trips to > Latin America and the Caribbean to meet with Cuban agents. > > Kendall Myers, 72, worked at the State Department. Early in > his career, he specialized in European issues at the > agency's Foreign Service Institute. In 2007, he retired from > department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. > > The indictment says in his last year of employment, Kendall > Myers viewed more than 200 intelligence reports related to > Cuba. > > The government said that Gwendolyn Myers revealed to > investigators that her favorite places to pass information > were Washington-area grocery stores. > > Kendall Myers was known by the Cubans as Agent 202 and his > wife went by both Agent 123 and Agent E-634, according to > the indictment. > > The two were charged with conspiracy to act as illegal > agents of the Cuban government and to communicate classified > information to the Cuban government. Each is also charged > with acting as an illegal agent of the Cuban government and > with wire fraud. > > THE INDICTMENT SAYS THE COUPLE OWN A SHORTWAVE RADIO, WHICH > THEY USED TO BROADCAST ENCRYPTED MESSAGES TO THE CUBAN > INTELLIGENCE SERVICE USING MORSE CODE. In recent > years, the documents say, they communicated through e-mail > using a false name. > > An undercover FBI agent approached them in April, > pretending to be a Cuban spy. Court documents say the couple > fell for the ruse and began meeting with the undercover > agent at Washington hotels. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
