Sullivan, Andy. "Ex-U.S. State Official, Wife Face Cuba Spy Charges." Reuters, 5 Jun. 2009. [http://www.reuters.com]The indictment filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on 5 June 2009 is available at: http://www.ciacademy.com/spycase/courtdoc/Myers%20Indictment_Cuba_Spies_4Jun09.pdf.
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Sullivan, Andy. "Ex-U.S. State Official, Wife Face Cuba Spy Charges." Reuters, 5 Jun. 2009. [http://www.reuters.com]
The Justice Department said on 5 June 2009 that Walter Kendall Myers, a former U.S. State Department official, and his wife Gwendolyn Myers "have been arrested for spying for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years.... Myers worked part-time at the State Department [from] 1977 and joined full-time in 1985, eventually working his way up to a position of senior analyst specializing in intelligence analysis on European matters.... He retired in 2007." The two have "pleaded not guilty."
Sheridan, Mary Beth, and Del Quentin Wilber. "A Slow Burn Becomes a Raging Fire: Disdain for U.S. Policies May Have Led to Alleged Spying for Cuba." Washington Post, 7 Jun. 2009. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
"The State Department and intelligence community are investigating how much damage the alleged spying" of Walter Kendall Myers and Gwendolyn Myers "may have done. Myers had worked as a European political expert for more than 20 years at the State Department, and had been associated with its Bureau of Intelligence and Research from 1988 until his retirement in 2007."
Courson, Paul. "Cuban Spy Suspects Select Attorneys." CNN, 17 Jun. 2009. [http://www.cnn.com]
On 17 June 2009, U.S. District Judge Reginald Walton "questioned a decision" by Walter Kendall Myers and Gwendolyn Myers "to use the same lawyers to fight" charges of "conspiracy to act as illegal agents of the Cuban government, wire fraud and providing classified information to Havana.... The couple said they want the same defense team... The judge accepted that they understood their decision."
Gentile, Carmen. "Cuban Spies' Shortwave Radios Go Undetected." Washington Times, 18 Jun. 2009. [http://www.washingtontimes.com]
Walter Kendall Myers, a retired State Department officer, and his wife, Gwendolyn, "who are accused of spying for Cuba appear to have avoided capture for 30 years because their communications with the Caribbean island were too low-tech to be detected by sophisticated U.S. monitors." According to a Justice Department affidavit, "they told an FBI agent posing as a Cuban intelligence officer that they received orders from Cuba's intelligence services over shortwave radio."
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