Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI kept a close eye on late “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace during a 1970 trip to Cuba, recently released files show, CBS News reports. The documents detail the luggage and travel information of Wallace and “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt, according to CBS News. The FBI also investigated a threatening…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A couple who admitted spying for Cuba have met with federal investigators 50 to 60 times to divulge their secret work, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, according to the Miami Herald. Walter Kendall Myers, a former State Department worker with top secret clearance — and his wife Gwendolyn Myers, pleaded…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Better late than never. The FBI in New York arrested Louis Armando Pena Soltren, 66, who was wanted for the 1968 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 281 bound from New York to Puerto Rico, the New York Times reports. Soltren arranged to surrender so he could visit his famiy, including his…
It’s always mind boggling when someone gets aways with spying for decades. It makes you wonder: Were they really that good or did some people simply miss some hints that something might have been amiss? By Mary Beth Sheridan and Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — He was a courtly State Department…
