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Agent 202: New Secrets Emerge on an American Who Spied for Cuba

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Education, News, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Codenamed "Agent 202," Kendall Myers went undetected as a spy for Cuba for nearly 30 years. He worked at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, secretly spying for Cuba out of an earnest love for the island, its people, and their leader Fidel Castro.  Myers was caught in 2009, after he retired. State Department Security Specialist and former Diplomatic Security Special Agent Bill Stowell was part of the team that worked the case. He shared new exclusive details with SpyCast, as Myers continues to serve a life sentence for espionage.  If you liked this episode, check out these links: Queen of Cuba with Peter J. Lapp The Skinny on Cuban Intelligence with Ean Forsyth | SpyCast Caught in the Act : Catching Che Guevara (Cuba and the CIA) Prefer to watch your podcasts? Find us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@IntlSpyMuseum/podcasts.  Subscribe to Sasha's Substack, HUMINT, to get more intelligence stories: https://sashaingber.substack.com/  And if you have feedback or want to hear about a particular topic, you can reach us by E-mail at SpyCast@Spymuseum.org.  This show is brought to you from Goat Rodeo, Airwave, and the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.

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Welcome to Spycast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum.

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I'm your host, Sasha Ingber. And each week I take you into the shadows of espionage, intelligence, and covert operations across the globe. He was codenamed Agent 202,

1:23.5

and went undetected as a spy for Cuba for nearly 30 years.

1:30.1

Kendall Meyer's secret job started while he was working at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute.

1:36.9

A Cuban official had made a presentation there, then invited him to Cuba.

1:42.0

That official was part of Cuba's intelligence service, and Myers was

1:46.0

caught in 2009, after he retired. State Department Security Specialist and former diplomatic

1:53.5

security special agent Bill Stoll was part of the team that worked the case. He shared new and

2:00.5

exclusive details with Spycast as Myers continues to serve a life sentence for espionage.

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