June 8, 2009

More Cuban Spies?

By Jennifer Verner
As Kendall Myers joins the pantheon of civil servant traitors who spy for totalitarian Communist regimes, Americans are left wondering, "who else is out there?" According to the FBI's affidavit in Myers' case, Cuban intelligence has been extremely active over the years-- especially in government and academic circles.Upon hearing the news of Myers' arrest, my thoughts floated back to a very strange exchange that occurred during John Bolton's senate confirmation hearings between Alan Foley, former chief of the CIA's WINPAC, and Janice O'Connell, staffer for Chris Dodd:Ms. O'Connell: Do you remember having a conversation7 with the NIO for Latin America?8 Mr. Foley: Yeah, but this is later. I think the first9 time I met the NIO -- the first time I met the NIO LA was in10 the context of the -- a memo he was writing on the Niger11 business. So, this would have been early '03, I guess, or12 somewhere in that time frame. And he had written a memo --13 I can't remember what art form...(Read Full Article)