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When the former US ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, was arrested in Miami and accused by the US government of having spent more than 40 years as a Cuban agent, it was one of the biggest espionage scandals to engulf the island of run by communists this century.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland called Rocha's alleged crimes "one of the largest and longest infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent".
While Manuel Rocha has yet to issue a statement, many observers remain baffled as to how he could have risen so high in the US diplomatic service while avoiding detection for so long, maintaining a reputation as a hard-nosed conservative. while he secretly harbored a deep desire, his loyalty to the Cuban Revolution.
Testimony recorded by an FBI officer masquerading as a Cuban government contact shows him describing the United States as the "enemy," praising the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro and boasting that he had preserved succeed his dual identity for decades.
One man who was not entirely surprised was James Olson, the former head of counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He has years of first-hand experience in Cuba's intelligence service, the Directorate General of Intelligence (DGI).
As a top diplomat, Manuel Rocha had access to a wealth of classified and sensitive intelligence information. The US government is now trying to determine exactly how much of this information he passed on to his Cuban handlers while at the State Department.
Cuba has not commented on Manuel Rocha, his arrest or the charges he faces in Miami.
Whenever espionage is mentioned, Cuba's basic position is that it has been forced to use every method at its disposal to protect the revolution by more than 60 years of successive US administrations trying to force the communist-led government from power.
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