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US Couple Charged With Spying for Cuba

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2009 6:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – A retired State Department worker and his wife were charged today with spying for Cuba for nearly 3 decades, CNN reports. Appearing before a federal magistrate in Washington, DC, Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and Gwendolyn Myers, 71, were indicted for conspiracy, providing classified information, and... Read full story »

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