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🗓️ 17 May 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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In 2001, the American Ana Montes, who was working for the United States Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested for espionage.
Although the FBI knew that there was a spy they didn't know who it was. The Cubans always referred to Ana by a man's name.
Former FBI agent, Pete Lapp, tells Gill Kearsley the fascinating story of how he and his team tracked down and arrested Ana, who is known as ‘Queen of Cuba’.
(Photo: Ana Montes in 2001. Credit: FBI )
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0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself. |
0:03.4 | My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC commissioner for a load of sport |
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0:28.7 | to dedicated sports fans across the UK. |
0:31.1 | So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more. Hello and welcome to the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service with me Jill |
0:46.0 | Kursley. I'm taking you back to 2001 when Anna Montez, a spy known as the Queen of Cuba, was caught. |
0:55.0 | Knowing that you have a spy and that you're following a spy or investigating a spy, |
1:01.0 | it doesn't get any cooler than that. |
1:04.0 | That's Pete Lapp, one of the FBI detectives who trucked down and caught Anna. |
1:10.0 | She pleaded guilty. |
1:12.0 | Ms. Monte has committed espionage for the Cuban Intelligence Service since 1985. |
1:18.0 | She compromised both secret and top-secret classified information relating to the national defense |
1:24.4 | as well as the identities of four US intelligence officers. |
1:28.8 | So let's go back to 2001 |
1:31.2 | when Anna, an American citizen, was working for the United States Defense Intelligence |
1:36.8 | Agency. She didn't like the USA policies towards Cuba, but she never aroused much suspicion. |
1:44.0 | Cheese cake. |
1:45.6 | Crust, one 10 and a half. |
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