Former Government Official Charged with Spying for Cuba

In the wake of a shocking discovery, a former State Department official and his wife have been charged with spying for Cuba for the past three decades. According to the Washington Post, the man had top-secret security clearance and was transmitting information via shortwave radio and communication in local grocery stores.

The aged couple is from a famed Washington lineage and is said to have received little in the way of compensation from the Cuban government, reports The New York Times. Instead, they seem to have been driven by ideology and distaste for American imperialism. The convicted, Walter K. Myers, began his work for the U.S government in 1977 and retired from his career in 2007 as a senior analyst in European affairs.

Newsday reported that Myers saw more than 200 intelligence reports on Cuba during his last year alone. There has yet to be an official statement concerning the effects of the security breach.