claiming he slept with underage prostitutes while vacationing at the home of a close political ally in the dominican republic. now lawyers say their client was set up by cuban spice. here with details, cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. >> reporter: it's all shadowy. senator menendez and his team are choosing their words carefully saying they've been aware of the possible cuban leak more than a year and are asking the justice department to investigate the leak. thief been targeted by cuban spice in the past. they believe the allegations may have been the result of another smear campaign by the cuban government. this adds a legal and political twist to a long-running drama involving menendez. was the cuban government behind the plot of an elaborate smear campaign? his lawyer said the cia discovered cuban intelligence