Walter Kendall Myers

Walter Kendall Myers

Walter Kendall Myers (born c. 1937) is a former US State Department employee. On June 4, 2009, he and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, were arrested for spying on the United States for Cuba.

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Cuba: Friends in High Places - By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton.

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 On June 4, 2009, Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, were arrested by the FBI and charged with spying for the government of Cuba. According to court documents filed in the case, the Myers allegedly were recruited by the Cuban intelligence service in 1979 and worked for them as agents until 2007. On June 10, 2009, a U.S. Magistrate Judge ruled that the couple posed a flight risk and ordered them held without bond. The criminal complaint filed by the FBI in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on June 4 and the grand jury indictment returned in ... Read Full Story

Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers recruited from Academia by Castro’s Intelligence Service in New York City, Kendall Myers told FBI undercover on US travel ban lifting, “You don’t want all those North American’s in Cuba”,

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Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers recruited from Academia by Castro’s Intelligence Service in New York City, Kendall Myers told FBI undercover on US travel ban lifting, “You don’t want all those North American’s in Cuba”, CLICK IMAGE ABOVE TO ENLARGE. The Cuban Intelligence Service has a well-established program aimed at “spotting and assessing persons within the United States academic community , (begining with the wife of Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, in New York City 1969), who may be suitable for recruitment,” according to an FBI affidavit. The recruitment of Myers and other recent Cuban agents fit that pattern. Myers and his wife first visited Cuba ... Read Full Story

US judge denies bail to alleged Cuba spies

From:   www.afp.com
A federal judge Wednesday denied bail to a former State Department employee arrested with his wife on charges of spying for communist Cuba for nearly 30 years. Federal Judge John Facciola said the couple -- Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, 71 -- were a flight risk, and ordered that they remain in jail until their trial begins. The two could spend the rest of their lives behind bars on charges of conspiracy to hand over classified information to Cuba, serving as an illegal agent for a foreign government, and wire fraud. "The defendants are already retired and are each ... Read Full Story

Washington couple ordered held in Cuba spying case

From:   www.ap.org
A federal judge ordered a former State Department employee and his wife held without bond, saying there appeared to be insurmountable evidence that they spied for Cuba. At the request of federal prosecutors, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola agreed Wednesday to hold 72-year-old Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, 71-year-old Gwendolyn, in jail pending a trial. Facciola said there was a risk the pair might try to flee the United States and said that Cuba, moreover, would have a powerful motivation to help them. The Cuban aim, the judge said, could be to reward the Myeres' reported 30 years of service, to encourage other ... Read Full Story

Clinton reviews security after Cuba spying arrests

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday she had ordered a review of State Department security practices after a former employee and his wife were accused of spying for Cuba last week. Walter Kendall Myers, 72, aided by his wife Gwendolyn Myers, 71, have been accused of using his Top Secret security clearance to pass on classified information to the Cuban government and at one point met Cuban leader Fidel Castro, according to court documents released on Friday. "I have directed our security personnel to review every possible security program we have, every form of vetting and clearance that we ... Read Full Story
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