Agent 203 is still at large.
Large ears, likes to play basketball, fond of arugula,
$100 steaks, fine champagne, and first-class air to New York.
Posted on 06/05/2009 2:47:11 PM PDT by Parmenio
Wow. This story has just taken my breath away. Do you remember the State Department analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (relatively obscure but one of the US government's intelligence agencies) who caused a storm in late 2006 with his disdainful remarks about the US-UK "special relationship?
His name was Kendall Myers and I was one of two British journalists who reported his decidedly undiplomatic comments. He retired quietly in 2007. Well, he's just been arrested as a spy for Cuba for nearly 30 years. The Cubans apparently knew him better as their Agent 202.
I'm told that his comments made him something of a hero among career officials in some quarters of the State Department and he received only a minor admonishment for them.
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I met Myers for a drink once back, I think, in 2001 or 2002, I think, at Chef Geoff's restaurant in downtown Washington. He wanted to get my opinions on whether hardline Unionist politicians might be prepared to cut a political deal with Sinn Fein and the IRA.
He told me his brief was to provide "out of the box" thinking drawn from a variety of sources to career State Department diplomats formulating policy. At the time, the Good Friday Agreement peace deal in Northern Ireland peace was under severe strain.
I found him to be an erudite and well-read fellow who was an interesting conversationalist and was much more indiscreet that most State Department officials. He was clearly no fan of President George W. Bush and seemed to be fit the caricature of the pro-European, soft-Left type that is often levelled at the State Department by conservatives.
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There's alot more of them at State than just this guy.
Hang the Fidel Fellator.
The Telegraph does a better job with US news than the GCM in the US.
I can’t wait for the cries of “McCarthyism”. Is that the correct spelling?
I read The Telegraph more than I do the US MSM.
A Jimmy Carter guy?
His down fall was alcohol.
really, i’m sure many have been disappointed they haven’t been
offered money to spy against the us. they need to somehow pay
for the martha’s vineyard vacation in august, now that they
are underwater on their mortgages.
Amen.
Just set the timer to see how long before the DOJ has the case dropped!
One down, at least 201 to go.
I am glad he was a spy, the headline makes it sound as if he was arrested for his snarky comments. I wonder how many of the b******s we would have to arrest in order to clean out the whole state department.
Agent 203 is still at large.
Large ears, likes to play basketball, fond of arugula,
$100 steaks, fine champagne, and first-class air to New York.
Arested by whom? Trash like this Myers flunkie is a dime a dozen at State.
I’d think he was rather shocked, being complacent that his opinion is now shared at the highest levels of the US government. Witness Barack Obama’s repeated diplomatic barbs directed at everything British he’s had the occasion to encounter.
That’s why I’m curious as to which agency arrested him. This represents a shot across the bow for far more than just a Cuban spy, imho.
Let’s just see who springs to his defense, or tries to get charges dismissed.
ROTFLOL!!!
Don’t kill them, as tempting as it would be and it is VERY tempting. (I wonder how many Americans and Cubans DIED because of these greedy sick people.)
I do hope they are not treated very well at all. They deserve nothing less than a good roughing up if they stop spilling their guts and naming names, dates and bank accounts. If they stop talking for a second, remind them what they have done and who WE are!
The interesting thing is, except for probably getting a paycheck from Cuba, he didn’t even have to pretend to be anything other than what he was.
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