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A former career US diplomat who had served as the US ambassador to Bolivia has pleaded guilty to working as an agent of Cuba for more than 40 years.

Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, was charged with secretly passing information to the communist-run Cuban government since 1981 while working for the US state department.

On Thursday, he changed his initial not guilty plea in a court in Miami.

He is due to be sentenced at a hearing on 12 April.

The move brings one of the highest profile espionage cases between Cuba and the US to an unexpectedly rapid conclusion.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What could someone say a spy for Cuba has helped with? Giving Cuba intel on how to build better factories?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

International policies, USA agents infiltrated in other governments and agencies, policy road maps and how to sabotage them. Without getting out of my depth the possibilities to create mayhem and fend off any effort, good or bad. Go read a John le Carre book to understand what spies can do and don't.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Weird, I thought room 641A protected us from these kinds of things. It's pretty hard to believe that warrantless spying let something like this happen, for more than 40 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Right!? It's almost like the security benefit is exactly zero, and it exists to spy on law abiding citizens.