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Article: Cuba spies sell to U.S. foes; Agent recalls Montes case.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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Byline: Andrew Richards, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A defense intelligence official said yesterday that Cuba's spies have sold American intelligence secrets to other U.S. enemies, and that the communist island's spies even now could be involved in long-term operations in the FBI, CIA, Congress and the White House.
Christopher Simmons, a Cuban counterintelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency, cited in a Heritage Foundation speech the case of Ana Montes, a former DIA analyst who pleaded guilty to 16 years of spying for Fidel Castro's dictatorship.
"Based on my estimates, there could be at least six others like her involved in long-term ...