Career US diplomat abruptly admits to spying for communist Cuba for decades

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  • phillygirl
    Not superior, just kind
    • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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    Career US diplomat abruptly admits to spying for communist Cuba for decades

    MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, an unexpectedly swift resolution to a case prosecutors called one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.

    Manuel Rocha’s stunning fall from grace could culminate in a lengthy prison term after the 73-year-old said he would admit to federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government.

    Prosecutors and Rocha’s attorney indicated the plea deal includes an agreed-upon sentence but they did not disclose details at a hearing Thursday. He is due back in court April 12, when he is scheduled to formalize his guilty plea and be sentenced.
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    • Celeste Chalfonte
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      • Saturday, October 5, 2013
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      Dimes to donuts he's got a terminal illness. They want what he knows, and a 10--year sentence may amount to "life in prison" anyway.
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        • phillygirl
          Not superior, just kind
          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
          • 19840
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          Originally posted by Celeste Chalfonte View Post
          Dimes to donuts he's got a terminal illness. They want what he knows, and a 10--year sentence may amount to "life in prison" anyway.
          Good thought. Not surprised. I'm sure he has lots of company.
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            • 80zephyr
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              • Saturday, January 3, 2015
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              Surprised the Democrats aren't giving him a medal.

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                • scott
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                  • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                  • 15799
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                  Originally posted by Celeste Chalfonte View Post
                  Dimes to donuts he's got a terminal illness. They want what he knows, and a 10--year sentence may amount to "life in prison" anyway.
                  That was my first thought.
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                    • scott
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                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                      • 15799
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                      The problem with good spies is that they are good.
                      "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                      -John Locke

                      "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                      -Newman

                      "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                      -Newman
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