Saturday, July 17, 2010

Former U.S. State Department Employees Sentenced For Spying For Cuba

Former State Department Official Sentenced To Life For Spying For Cuba -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- A former State Department analyst was sentenced to life in prison Friday for spying for Cuba for almost 30 years.

His wife and partner in spying received a sentence of six years and nine months, but will get credit for more than a year already served.

Kendall Myers, 73, pleaded guilty last November to conspiracy to commit espionage and wire fraud. His wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, 72, admitted to one count of conspiracy to gather and transmit national defense information.

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More News On The Sentencing Of Former State Department Employees For Spying

US analyst, wife sentenced for spying for Cuba -- AP
Americans Who Spied for Cuba Are Sentenced -- Voice of America
U.S. analyst spying for Cuba gets life in prison; wife gets more than 6 years -- Washington Post
U.S. spies for Cuba get life, 6-3/4 years in prison -- Reuters
Ex-State Department official gets life in Cuba spy case -- AFP
In spy case, man gets life, wife 81 months -- AP
US judge jails Cuba spying couple -- BBC

My Comment: Life for one, 6-3/4 years for the other .... good.

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