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His 1978 trip to cuba and conveyed a very positive image of cuba, a very negative image of the united states. >> it was a glowing report about the cuban revolution, how the people are doing well. castros a great leader. >> it essentially conveyed kendalls infatuation with cuba. >> kendalls diary was critical. the next piece of evidence was stunning. >> in a filing cabinet in their closet, there was a record that indicated gwen had a tumor on her shoulder in late 1996 that was a matrix point that...

About working with kendall to obtain classified information and send it to the cubans. >> gwen was more really involved in operations, she was involved in dead drops, passes, processing information that kendall had removed from the state department. >> she is a 100% co-conspirator. so we now started to build up a file on who he met with, times and dates, spy craft and we pass the information to. >> we learned the full story of kendalls recruitment. he told our under cover the same cuban intellig...

It was really important for us to prepare the undercover as best we could to go in there and kind of press them. >> our undercover did a great job of pushing him for a specific example of something sensitive that he had passed to the cubans. and kendall provided a few examples. which did meet the threshold we were looking for with respect of being examples of very sensitive and classified signals of intelligence. >> what was it? >> absolutely not going to tell you. kendall became uncomfortable w...

Believe it. youve got to come down, youve got to come down. >> we really didnt have a lot on gwen. kendall was the one with access to the information. and the fact that kendall decided to bring gwen along was something we could only dream of. >> so the undercover who they believed was a cuban intelligence officer and kendall and gwen all met for a drink in the bar of the double tree. >> the false flag was excellent. he started off a little small talk. asked them how they were doing in retirement...

Aware of, obviously, and was a significant indicator how valuable kendall and gwen were to the cubans. >> he was castros most valuable spy in the u.s. government. he compromised hundreds of millions of dollars of operations. he identified specifically the names of both covert and overt u.s. government intelligence officers. there was no diplomatic initiative that castro didnt know ahead of time what americas hand was. castro should have made every single one of our moves. how do you think he sur...

Tree. its right down the street. and he said w 3? w 3? i was listening. i couldnt bear to watch at this point. i was so afraid it was going to go wrong. but then the undercover pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote it down for him. and it became very apparent to kendall who this was and that he was there on behalf of cuban intelligence to reestablish contact with kendall in an effort to gain access to information. and agreed to meet later that afternoon. hook, line, and sinker, absolut...

The only person that ever mentioned anything about something not being right, gwen did say at one point hey, do you think this is all right? and kendall said absolutely. this is good. its my birthday. cuban cigar. >> gwen may have had some reservations, but kendall convinced her everything was okay. after the initial meeting in the hotel bar, there were three more meetings we had with kendall with our undercover. >> during the discussions they were confirming operational details. so kendall told...

The incoming administration at that point in time that might effect policy towards cuba. so we put the undercover in a position where he could approach kendall as he went in the building and they greeted him, nukted he had been sent there by an individual kendall was familiar with. he handed him a cuban cigar and wished him a happy birthday because it was his birthday. the undercover was very believable. part of what we established with him was he had a thick accent, and at one point during the ...

Philips sonicare. save when you buy now. there was a conclusion reached that kendall and gwen were a flight risk and would be leaving the united states for cuba in the very near future. >> we could have charged them with being foreign agents, with false statements but we didnt want to charge them with lesser offenses than espionage. so despite all of what we collected, we were still looking for more. we wanted confirmation kendall and gwen had passed national

I couldnt believe it and this is where i think all doubt in my mind was removed. this was beyond coincidence. >> we could have charged them with being foreign agents, false statements but none of those charges in our mind held them accountable for what they did and quite frankly didnt come with the penalty we thought that they deserved. >> shortly after the fbi searched, we continued surveillance, we found out that kendall was signing up for a course on how to do over the horizon sailing. so the...