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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Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday 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, U.S. prosecutors said. They also spent an evening with then-Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 1995. In guilty plea agreements, Kendall Myers, 72, who was known as Agent 202, agreed to a sentence of life in prison, while his wife, 71, known as Agent 123, agreed to serve as many as 7-1/2 years ... Read Full Story

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

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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
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Couple to plead guilty to spying for Cuba
WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department employee and his wife are expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades. Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, 71 ...  
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Former State Department Official, Wife Plead Guilty in 30-Year Espionage...
Former State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, pled guilty to federal charges stemming from their roles in a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified U.S. national defense information to the Republic of Cuba. Kendall Myers agreed to serve a life prison sentence.  
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Woman from South Dakota pleads guilty to spying for Cuba
Gwendolyn Myers, a woman from Aberdeen, and her husband, Walter Kendall Myers, pled guilty to spying Friday in a federal court, according to an Associated Press story.    Mrs. Myers had worked as a political campaign staff member in Aberdeen and then worked in  state government in Pierre, where she and her husband were contacted by Cuban agents.Walter Kendall Myers, 72,  will serve a life term in prison and Gwendolyn Myers will serve about...  
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US official jailed for spying for Cuba
A former US State Department official and his wife have been convicted of spying for Cuba.   Walter Kendall Myers, aged 72, was sentenced to life, his wife Gwendolyn, aged 71, to up to 7-and-half months. Mr Myers had top secret clearance and admitted to spying for Cuba for 30 years. The couple were arrested in June.   The US State Department (Photo: Wikimedia)  
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Couple Plead Guilty in Cuba Spying Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired State Department worker and his wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to spying for Cuba over three decades. The retired worker, Walter Kendall Myers , and his wife, Gwendolyn, both in their 70s, were caught in an ...  
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Spies for Cuba plead guilty, one gets life in prison
WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified information from the U.S. to Cuba. Walter Kendall Myers, 72 -- also known as ``Agent 202'' -- agreed to a life sentence ...  
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Couple going to prison for roles as Cuba spies
WASHINGTON – A retired State Department employee will spend life in prison without parole after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to serving as covert agents for Cuba for three decades. Walter Kendall Myers, 72 – known to his Cuban handlers as “Agent 202” – agreed to a life sentence without parole and to cooperate with the federal government.  
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