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Sat 11 Nov 2009US couple admit spying for Cuba
A former US State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty last night to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government.
Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance and, with the help of his wife Gwendolyn, gave classified information to the Cuban government, US prosecutors said. They also spent an evening with then-Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1995.
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