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The Perfect Spy Was a Cuban Agent

'Code Name Blue Wren' is the astounding story of DIA mole Ana Montes, told by a veteran investigative reporter

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John Dinges
Jan 13, 2023
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Ana Belen Montes, the most effective and damaging spy for Cuba known to have penetrated U.S. intelligence, was a major warrior in the long nasty war between the United States and its communist neighbor. On Jan. 6, after serving just over 21 years of a 25 year sentence for espionage, she was released from a maximum security prison, perhaps drawing the cu…

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