Last Updated: Friday, July 16, 2010 | 12:49 PM ET : The Associated Press: A U.S. federal judge has sentenced a former State Department worker, who is the great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, to life in prison without parole for spying for Cuba.

The man's wife received five years behind bars for helping her husband steal U.S. secrets.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers betrayed the United States and should receive heavy punishment for having done so.

 

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In a 10-minute explanation to the judge of his conduct, Kendall Myers said his goal was to pass along information about U.S. policies toward Cuba, a country that he said feared the United States because of its opposition to the Cuban regime.

 

Kendall Myers, 73, said he stole secrets with no intent to harm the U.S.

The judge said he was "perplexed" at how Myers could have the notion that he was not hurting the U.S., given the level of antagonism between the two countries.

 

"The Cuban people feel threatened" and "they have good reason to feel threatened" by the U.S., Myers replied.

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Prosecutors said Myers, a descendant of Bell, the inventor of the first practical telephone, was a child of wealth and privilege and could have been anything he wanted to be. But instead he chose to spy for Cuba for 30 years from inside the State Department, where he taught foreign-service officers and analyzed intelligence on Europe.

 

His wife, Gwendolyn, 72, was sentenced to 81 months in prison, with time off for the 14 months she has already served. That works out to a sentence of just over 5 and a half years for her.

The State Department says it is reviewing how deeply the Myers' espionage compromised U.S. government secrets.




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