Herald staff report this is the statement read in federal court wednesday by ana belen montes, who received a 25year jail sentence for a lengthy spying career for cuba. Counterintelligence a difficult definition of success. That ana belen montes was arrested as a result of the event of 911 mattered not. The chronicle of an american spy for the cuban government. A cuban mole who operated at the highest levels of the defense intelligence agency is likely to have helped russia,china, iraq, and north korea obtain pilfered intelligence secrets. Strategic counterintelligence central intelligence agency. Ana belen montes could have gotten the death penalty. Our the course of 23 days, two snipers terrorized the washington, d. Jul 02, 2017 ana montes is the only member of the u.
Ana montes has been locked up for a decade with some of the most. Review of the actions taken to deter, detect and investigate the espionage activities of ana belen montes. Just 10 days after the attacks of 911, the fbi arrested a 44yearold woman named ana belen montes. Government was penetrated by at least two spies who were neither detected nor deterred by the polygraph.
Pa studentteacher solidarity education workers win strike. Is ana montes the most important spy youve never heard. Join facebook to connect with ana montes and others you may know. Most identified stations use speech synthesis to vocalize numbers, although digital modes such as phaseshift keying and frequencyshift keying, as well as morse code transmissions, are not uncommon. Ana montes used to help her encrypt and decrypt messages to and from her handlers. She graduated from the university of virginia in 1979 and obtained a masters degree from the johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies in 1988. Dias ana belen montes 2001 illustrates the diversity of the insider threat challenge. Pleading guilty, she avoided conviction for treason, which carries the death sentence. In the case of nations spying on each other, an intelligence officer commonly operates in the hostile country from the embassy, under the legal cover of diplomatic immunity. Dia senior intelligence analyst ana belen montes originally came under suspicion of being a spy for cubas communist government in 1994. Senior cuban analyst ana belen montes 28 february 1957 worked for the us defence intelligence agency dia when she got arrested in 2001 after spying for the cubans for 16 years.
An extensive article published today in the washington post magazine revisits the largely forgotten case of ana belen montes, a senior united states military intelligence analyst who was convicted in 2002 of spying for cuba. However, dia and fbi counterspies could not prove she was engaging in espionage and montes continued passing secrets to havana until she was discovered in late 1999. U ana montes receives the dci national intelligence ce1tificate of. There it was, in glorious monochrome, the confirmation that the cuban synthesised voice transmission was a spy message. Education workers win strike pa studentteacher solidarity u. Jun, 2009 the probable cause for search warrants affidavit by the fbi. On september 21, 2001, she was arrested and subsequently charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the government of cuba. Federal bureau of lnvestigation officials arrested ana belen montes at. A difficult definition of success 2 introduction this essay is an analysis of the principles on counterintelligence ci in the united states of america against the background of the ana belen montes case. The story of ana montes remains confused and confusing with many unanswered questions. Statement by ana belen montes, who received 25year. Categories click to retract administrative policy procedures. Ana belen montes is a united states citizen born on february 28, 1957, on a u.
The paper queries why ana was so successful in her espionage activities and how she managed to stay undetected for almost two decades. Defense intelligence agency analyst who spied for cuba got a 25 years sentence two weeks ago. An unclassified version of the report 15 mb pdf with major redactions has been publicly released. The paper highlights the differences between montes and other notable american spies such as aldrich ames or robert hanssen. Plans are to publish individual articles on this site, along with a pdf of what would be the printed version. Her supervisor at the defense intelligence agency dia, where she was the top cuba analyst, directed her to a conference room to discuss a fictitious problem involving one of her subordinates. Dia senior intelligence analyst ana belen montes originally came under suspicion of being a spy for cubas communist. Inside the investigation and capture of ana montes, cubas master spy. Ahora le ha dedicado una cancion en sus conciertos por espana y escribio en su blog. Montes is currently serving a 25year prison sentence.
Apr 19, 20 that ana belen montes was arrested as a result of the event of 911 mattered not. Review of the actions taken to deter, detect and investigate the. Ana montes, prisonniere politique au texas depuis onze ans. The 16year career of ana belen montes as an agent of cuban intelligence came to a prosaic end the morning of september 21, 2001. Espionage and covert operations the are many forms of espionage. Is ana montes the most important spy youve never heard of. Montes eventually pleaded guilty to spying and in october 2002, was sentenced to a 25year prison term. This paper discusses the unique motivations of spy ana belen montes, former military analyst for the dia who spied on behalf of the cuban government for over 16 years. In 2001, ana belen montes was arrested and charged with espionage while. Montes was charged with conspiracy to commit espionage.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. A numbers station is a shortwave radio station characterized by broadcasts of formatted numbers, which are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries. For 16 years, ana belen montes spied for cuba from increasingly responsible positions at the defense intelligence agency. If havana has ever run a higher level or more valuable mole inside the american defense establishment, that has never been revealed. Ana montes was a junior at the university of virginia when she met a handsome student during a studyabroad program in spain. Ana belen montes born february 28, 1957 is a former american senior analyst at the defense. In each of these cases we summarize their position, motive, foreign handlers, im pact, sentence, computer skill, polygraph experience, cyber security violations, counter intelligence activities, physical and cyber access, cyber extraction and exfiltra tion, cyber communication, and the transfer of materials. She had nothing to do with the terrorist strikes, but her arrest had. On september 21, 2001, following months of intense scrutiny, federal bureau of investigation fbi officials arrested ana belen montes at the defense intelligence agency in washington, d. The indictment states that velazquez introduced ana belen montes to the cuban intelligence service in 1984 and later helped montes get a position as a defense intelligence agency analyst. Montes, who was arrested by the federal bureau of investigation in washington, dc, on september 20, 2001, underwent trial. She has already served 15 years in the psychiatric unit detention center at the federal medical center, carswell in fort worth, texas. L of human serum on a pgold chip leads to markedly improved limit. Aug 29, 2016 the denial came weeks after some media reports in miami and cuba suggested that washington was examining a request by havana to release ana belen montes, an american intelligence analyst and expert on cuba, who is serving a 25year prison sentence for spying on the united states on behalf of cuba.
Ana montes appeared to be a model employee of the defense intelligence agency dia, advancing quickly through the ranks to become its top analyst on cuban affairs. Ana belen montes born february 28, 1957 is a former american senior analyst at the defense intelligence agency in the united states and a convicted spy. Ignoring science after cuban spy ana belen montes beat the. More cuban intelligence service espionage tradecraft the. Ana belen montes gave classified information to cuba for 17 years before her arrest in 2001 for espionage. But for sixteen years montes sent castro some of americas most closely guarded secrets and at the same time influenced what the united states thought it knew about cuba. Review of the actions taken to deter, detect and investigate. Affidavit in support of criminal complaint and search warrant, september 21, 2001. Each of these cases is unique in terms of their position, motive, foreign handlers, impact, sentence, computer skill, polygraph experience, cyber security violations, counter intelligence activities, physical and cyber.
New york memories, live at radio city music hall andre rieu. In some cases however, the officer lives in the hostile country under an assumed identity, sometimes even with a complete family, in which case he is called. I want to know about the health of ana belen montes, inmate no. The probable cause for search warrants affidavit by the fbi. Multiplexed microarray analysis of biomarkers in 10. He was from argentina and a leftist, friends recall, and helped open. Descargar verdadera creyente ana montes no oficial. In her possession the fbi found a sony icf2001d receiver, a toshiba laptop and evidence of the use of otp ciphers. According to a justice department statement, velazquez fled the u. Montes eventually pleaded guilty to spying and in october 2002, was sentenced to a 25year prison term followed. The lenience was part of a plea whereby she agreed to tell the justice department about her espionage since 1985.