Retired U.S. Diplomat Accused of Working as a Secret Agent for Cuba

[wing2000]

...allegedly, Mr Rocha has been passing information to the Cubans since 1981(!).


Federal prosecutors said on Monday that a retired State Department official worked for decades as a secret agent for Cuba, and told an undercover F.B.I. agent that the United States was “the enemy.”

In a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Miami, the prosecutors said that the diplomat, Manuel Rocha, had secretly aided Cuba’s “clandestine intelligence-gathering mission against the United States” since 1981 as he rose undetected through the ranks of the diplomatic corps and the National Security Council.

Retired U.S. Diplomat Accused of Working as a Secret Agent for Cuba

Manuel Rocha, a former ambassador to Bolivia, secretly aided Cuba’s “clandestine intelligence-gathering mission,” U.S. authorities said.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Arcangl86]

If true, this raises serious questions about both our security clearance programs and Senate confirmation. There is no way he should have been able to rise so fair without being caught.

 

[JSRG]

If true, this raises serious questions about both our security clearance programs and Senate confirmation. There is no way he should have been able to rise so fair without being caught.

Well, people have managed to rise high in the government despite being spies before. See Robert Hanssen.

 

[Arcangl86]

Well, people have managed to rise high in the government despite being spies before. See Robert Hanssen.

Yes, but you would think is example and the fact that 20 years have passed since he was found out would mean there were significant changes made.