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Maria Villarroel

How the top U.S. Diplomat Accused of Spying For Cuban Government For Decades Avoided Getting Caught

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. (Credit: AFP)

"Manuel Rocha is spying for Cuba."

That was the mysterious and startling tip former CIA operative Felix Rodriguez received from his Miami home in 2005. At the time, Rodriguez, who participated in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba and the execution of revolutionary "Che" Guevara, believed that the tip was an attempt to discredit his colleague. Nonetheless, he passed on the message to the CIA, who was similarly skeptical.

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