AP later rewrote and expanded the story at the tinyurl link, with more about the radio angle: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090606/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_cuba_spy_charges
COUPLE ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR CUBA FOR 30 YEARS Slideshow: Couple accused of spying for Cuba Play Video [shots of their apt bldg, etc.] Cuba Video: Cuban Spies Living in South Dakota ABC News Play Video [this video shows the SW signals emanating from the Isla de Juventud!] (gh) --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Glenn Hauser <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [dxld] US-based "Cuban Spies" Used SW Radio Again > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 6:31 PM > > 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 > --- (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) > > http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5546CA20090605 > (via Harry Helms, DXLD) > > --- On Fri, 6/5/09, sergei_dx <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > If I remember correctly, a few years > > ago there was another Cuban spy ring broken in the US. > They > > were accused of owning a SW radio, too. > > > > Sergei > > > > > > Couple indicted on charges of spying for Cuba > > > > WASHINGTON – 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 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. > > > > The indictment says the two agreed to be spies in > 1979 > > after meeting with a Cuban government official while > they > > were living in South Dakota. At Cuba's direction, > > authorities say, Kendall Myers attempted to get jobs > that > > would give him access to classified information... > > > > The whole report is here: http://tinyurl.com/CubanSpies _______________________________________________ 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.
