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Florida professor admits he was Cuban spy
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| December 19, 2006
| CNN
Posted on 12/19/2006 8:16:03 PM PST by indcons
A Florida professor admitted Tuesday he had been a Cuban spy for nearly 30 years, and his wife -- also a professor -- admitted she knew of his conduct, authorities said.
Both Carlos Alvarez and his wife Elsa pleaded guilty to lesser charges in federal court in Miami.
The couple entered their pleas as part of a deal to avoid a jury trial on previous charges of being Cuban agents who failed to register with the U.S. government, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday.
The more serious offense could have put the couple in prison for a decade, the paper said.
A psychology professor at Florida International University, Alvarez faces up to five years in prison for conspiracy to become an unregistered foreign agent.
Elsa Alvarez, who also worked at the university, faces up to three years in prison for concealing her husband's participation in that conspiracy.
The two are scheduled to be sentenced February 27.
When arrested in January, federal prosecutors said the FBI had covertly monitored Alvarez' ongoing communications with the Cuban Intelligence Service.
Authorities said U.S. agents eavesdropped as Alvarez received sophisticated communications equipment from Cuban intelligence designed to keep his activities secret.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: alvarez; b2r; brotherstotherescue; canf; carlosalvarez; castro; commiespy; communist; cuba; elsaalvarez; espionage; fifthcolumn; fiu; prosecutehim; spies; spy
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To: do the dhue
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posted on
12/19/2006 9:27:53 PM PST
by
onyx
(Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
To: Moonman62
I wish they would let me teach a class at Florida on how to execute traitors. My first example could be both Carlos Alvarez and his wife Els.
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posted on
12/19/2006 9:27:58 PM PST
by
do the dhue
(How come the Demorats have not fixed Iraq yet? They're inept!! Vote 'em out!!)
To: indcons
If supporters of the Blind Sheik do indeed attack us after he dies, I see her going away forever, at the least.
To: ReignOfError
"Was it espionage? I'm not sure about the wording of the law. All the article says is that they kept tabs on anti-Castro groups in Florida, with no claim that they obtained or sent any secrets."How about MURDER charges?
Don't you think the info passed to the commie scum in Cuba led to the imprisonment and deaths of Castro protesters that had contact with the immigrant community here!!??
To: indcons
Hang him, Imprison her for about twenty years. Seems fair to me.
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posted on
12/19/2006 9:49:33 PM PST
by
Dimez Apart
(I pray everyday for Sadr's head to enter my sights.)
To: Mobile Vulgus
How about espionage charges?
Don't you think the info passed to the commie scum in Cuba led to the imprisonment and deaths of Castro protesters that had contact with the immigrant community here!!??Thinking is one thing, proving another. I don't know if the Alvarezes infiltrated deeply enough into the groups to get that kind of info, and the only way I can think of that the government could make a murder charge stick would be if they intercepted specific info on a specific person who was later killed.
To: RonDog
Did these bastards send the information that allowed the Cubans to shoot down the Brothers to the Rescue plane in 1996? If so, they should be charged with murder (along with treason). It is time we get a rope and we had better check that it is tight.
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posted on
12/19/2006 9:59:28 PM PST
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: burzum
Oh, and if any FReepers don't remember, the Brothers to the Rescue was a group that used Cessnas to look for refugees in the ocean. Castro obviously thought this was a major threat and used MiGs to shoot them down. It was observed by a cruise ship and one of the Cessnas got away (which shows the quality of the Cuban air force).
More information here
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posted on
12/19/2006 10:02:46 PM PST
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: Moonman62
I could name a few I've had...
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posted on
12/19/2006 10:04:00 PM PST
by
miliantnutcase
("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
To: M203M4
[It would be delicious if they were sent to Club Gitmo. :)]
Actually, just set them loose in little Havana, that would be much, much worse.:)
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posted on
12/19/2006 10:20:10 PM PST
by
khnyny
(For today in the city of David a Savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.)
To: indcons
The couple entered their pleas as part of a deal to avoid a jury trial on previous charges of being Cuban agents who failed to register with the U.S. government, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. Doesn't this put the original charges in the category of 'unregistered foreign lobbyist', rather than espionage? And it STILL gets bargained down from there?!?
I guess we have a shortage of walls and bullets.
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posted on
12/19/2006 10:52:31 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: Moonman62
3 and 5 year sentences for spying? For spying for Cuba? They have to be kidding, it's less than a slap on the wrist. Makes the arguments to relase Pollard start to sound reasonable.
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posted on
12/19/2006 11:02:19 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: ReignOfError
"I don't know if the Alvarezes infiltrated deeply enough into the groups ..."
... don't you think those groups would be suspicious of a professor who orgaized exchange visis to Cuba for students ?
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posted on
12/19/2006 11:09:43 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: EDINVA
Yeah, as I mentioned above this guy was spying on a group that Fidel previously thought was such a threat that he used MiGs to shoot down their Cessnas in international waters. Does anybody think this professor and his wife wouldn't have gladly killed some more American citizens for Castro if he had the chance? I think they should be dropped off in the Cuban exile area of Hialeah while giving the cops a 2 hour break.
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posted on
12/20/2006 1:55:36 AM PST
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: M203M4
I got a video camera for posterity...
35
posted on
12/20/2006 2:23:02 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8)
To: Moonman62
I wonder how many are not commies.
36
posted on
12/20/2006 2:56:41 AM PST
by
Raycpa
To: indcons
We used to hang spies.
Now we coddle them.
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posted on
12/20/2006 3:00:53 AM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: indcons
One guess what his political affiliation is in the US.
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posted on
12/20/2006 3:48:07 AM PST
by
The G Man
(The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)
To: indcons
Commies in the universities?
What a shock.
39
posted on
12/20/2006 4:28:11 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(Everybody was kung-fu fighting)
To: SkyPilot
It is time to cycle back to the good old days.
40
posted on
12/20/2006 4:30:44 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(McCain nomination assures a Hillary win)
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