Ambassador, Pentagon official among Americans who spied for Cuba | 60 Minutes

Former U.S. Ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha spent decades spying for Cuba. Before Rocha there was Ana Montes, a Pentagon analyst who spent 17 years spying for Cuba.
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[@allisonlew4508]

Ana Montez should NEVER have been released.

[@pjohnson179]

Why is she living in an American Territory? (Puerto Rico.)

[@person638]

Yeah thats the part I don't get. Bro... move to Cuba that's ur country lmao. Why are you still in the US if its so bad and you're a convicted spy there's no reason for you to be here

[@sleepyjoe7518]

Otto Warmbier must never have been released.

[@zmejce14]

​@pjohnson179 because USA doesn't Recognize and threats Puerto rico as usa...

[@ryanehlis426]

Why? Because she mad the feds look stupid?

[@darkchocolate3390]

Damn, what a great piece by 60 minutes.

[@intelcom4964]

As a Puertorican she's a traitor. Who in the world receives this woman as a hero This is shameful

[@JayArr]

I think Cuba has taken a lot of crap from the US and this was a little funny from their end. All is fair in love and war.

[@Cinarli1979]

The Puerto Ricans I have known, have pride, they love their country and not happy with the way US treats them. I think that is the reason why they welcome Montes so warmly.

[@gambaridup]

A traitor to some people, a hero to some other people. Ana Montez did not do it for money, like how most people spent their whole life.

[@juanalmos1959]

What’s worse are the Cubans that come to Miami illegally seek political asylum,receive $1,700 monthly assistance,become republican voters then go back to Cuba to stay

[@markgarrett3647]

​​@@Cinarli1979If Puerto Ricans are so unhappy then they should leave by voting.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

I’m surprised 60 Minutes didn’t try to connect this to Havana Syndrome.

[@wilburmanet4379]

Speechless

[@gaoxiaen1]

2 or 3 hours over lunch? These bureaucrats get paid big bucks for this?

[@SuperAgentman007]

This is why people that work in high office and have access to top-secret information need to be very very well vetted

[@see-rious-ley]

Not just before they start the job; this vetting process should never end even during their tenure!!!

[@horaciocastillo491]

Damn how it take 40 years

[@tripsandmore3072]

So many operatives lives are on the line and she gets to walk away after 20 years. Should have never been released at the minimum life sentence and max given a de@th sentence

[@peroniscustomupholsterysho413]

Been here since 94 and don’t speak English yet?

[@kentalanlee]

Oh I'm sure he does. He probably is speaking in Spanish simply because he prefers to.

[@see-rious-ley]

How do you know for sure he can’t speak it? Some people speak so many languages, which is most likely with this person, they simply want to choose or switch to any one based on their mood.

[@Mike-kc5ew]

Polygraph? Polygraph results are highly debatable, and have been known to be manipulable by many. The interviewer might have well asked why didn't we give her a truth serum, or try The Lasso of Truth on her.

[@gardensofthegods]

I'll have to look up the lasso of Truth since you didn't explain what it is and some of us have never heard of this

[@MikeC32958]

​@@gardensofthegods, Wonder woman... jeez---

[@josron6088]

Pseudoscience they know it doesn't work.

[@AkronRain69]

Montez should be in prison for LIFE!!!! She gave the names of undercover agents! Not remorseful at all. She’s DISGUSTING!…

[@omcorc]

SHould the same happen to American agents who are caught overseas?

[@roxannemirchell9920]

Make all politicians take lie detector tests every year

[@EyupSkydiver]

They are not reliable. Aldrich Ames passed lie detector tests on two different occasions. They don’t always catch people lying. They can also produce false suspicions.

[@ReligiousZombie]

Donny Dotard would make the machine explode.

[@angel21047]

those machines are not effective and people exploit them.

[@joebloe4374]

Lie detectors ?.worthless A joke It's just a show they pretend to intimidate

[@richarddecker9515]

The death penalty

[@CV-vk3cy]

This is what you get for interfering in others countries affairs

[@Mike44460]

Lead poisoning within 24 hours of jury's decision.

[@liamk7440]

How tf can you be sympathetic to Cuba????

[@BoycottChinaa]

When the info goes straight to China

[@joshm3342]

Why no death penalties?

[@brianchase9251]

Why is Ana Montes still breathing?

[@damoneboyd9945]

Who knows

[@see-rious-ley]

Because possibly more stuff could be extracted from her. After all, 17 years of knowledge gained from the workplace doesn’t just melt away during the plea deal.

[@jesdakosol1797]

Wow 40 years and 17 years…..how come it takes so long before we catching them.

[@user-nx1mt4gj5v]

I never believe anything specially 60 min

[@l.h.tnguyen4916]

@@user-nx1mt4gj5v right, because you have all the answers

[@gardensofthegods]

​@@user-nx1mt4gj5vgo ahead explain to us what they're really supposed to be telling us in this broadcast . We all want to hear your expertise

[@mrtee3477]

DEI hire.

[@see-rious-ley]

Because nobody wants to do their job right!!!

[@trentavious14]

Cool now do one about Israeli spies

[@devilpupbear09]

Ana Montes is still a loose end

[@gardensofthegods]

Maybe they let her free and let her go be with her family so that they can see who she's talking to and contacting that has anything to do with Cuba but certainly she would know she's being watched ... ? I think they should have kept her in prison . She should have been deported and she should not be allowed to live in Puerto Rico which is the United States territory

[@Liukanginthehouse]

@@gardensofthegods nah she probably worked for the fbi as well they got their worker's back

[@erpthompsonqueen9130]

Thank you. Watching from Alaska.

[@jamespcrown128]

I shared a two person office with Ana Montes mom for several years in the mid 90's. She was a fierce advocate for civil rights. RIP Emilia❤️.

[@user-zi3yf3xi6m]

Oh my, as a 5th generation NYerI applied for careers in that field, but was denied a few times so I got another degree,

[@buckeyenation1681]

Surprised there hasn’t been a hit on Montez

[@jool5941]

As a Cuban I can tell you that 60 minutes is making us look a lot more sophisticated than we really are.

[@Glenintheden]

So, nothing to see here, please move along? I mean, if you are an ordinary Cuban pleb, how would you know how sophisticated Cuban spycraft is?

[@adrianqx]

Thats exactly what a cuban spy agent would say !!!! I have my eye on you jool 5941 aka José !!

[@see-rious-ley]

@@Gleninthedenhow do you know if this so-called “pleb” you’re accusing of isn’t one that’s just as sophisticated - if not more - than the true unsophisticated plebeians and just commenting to downplay what he/she really knows? 😂🤣😆 After all, spying does imply being especially crafty at their craft 😉

[@prun8893]

Note: Best to make sure the fly or fly buttons on your reporter's jeans are properly squared away before taping the walking b-roll scenes, Mr. Producerman.

[@user-xx9dz9ih1g]

The USA is stupid for releasing her and 15 years for the man. Amazing

[@see-rious-ley]

You know BOTH are watched - even in prison!!

[@davidcollin1436]

​@@see-rious-ley TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

[@see-rious-ley]

@@davidcollin1436 not really. You know they both still have a functioning brain that’s worked and kept all the other information from back then and they could potentially try to sell that information to other countries.

[@frankhoffman3566]

This troubles and saddens me. We imagine our values to be strong and self-evident. I do anyway. I find it so easy to be inspired by our freedoms, our adaptability, our history. For some people, however,, these values , these stories are down far on their lists. I don't get it. ..

[@el80ne]

It shouldn't be hard to understand when our gov and intel agencies don't exactly live up to our values and ideals. What if you came of age as a citizen of one of the numerous Latin American countries whose democratically elected leaders were overthrown by US funded coup d'etats led by repressive strongmen coimpliant to US policy interests. You'd have a very different impression of what US "freedom" means when it comes at the expense of your freedom. To the rest of the world the lasting impression would be the hypocrisy.

[@marcelogib1]

History? Really? Are you aware of what the US has done in Latin America, Africa and Asia after WW II?

[@frankhoffman3566]

@@marcelogib1 ...Are you referring to the US government, or are you referring to private businesspeople? I'm just trying to understand what you are alleging.

[@Toni-ze5wh]

​Mostly the US govt. However, in 1954 the US govt overthrew the democratically elected President Arbenz of Guatemala at the request of the United Fruit Co (today called Chiquita Bananas). So you see, sometimes they work together ​@@frankhoffman3566

[@coolorphans]

Probably economically exploited them just as they are doing to us. I don't see a problem.@@marcelogib1

[@brannonmcclure6970]

Wow!

[@IsabelWilliams]

Has the rest of Montes been investigated? Hatred fir América usually starts with comments at home.

[@nialllennon4664]

I saw this interview and it was embarassing to watch. Total cringe.

[@devindasilva2258]

Yeah right they had a Russian dude that at infiltrated for 30 years and even had a wife and didn't even get found out for 30 years

[@McKelT]

2:36 Wow he worked with him for years and never suspected a thing. That is wild!!!

[@aumarigan]

Not the first time it happened. They are that good in their trade craft.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

BS. You always do.

[@lankylonky22]

Who would have thought 🤔

[@baqaqipekhebi7148]

I’ll never understand these people!

[@IphigeniaAtAulis]

Well, who knows what Hunter traded to China for money. And he is still getting away with it. Combine that with what the FBI/CIA did to Trump, and the whole idea that America is about democracy kinda goes out the window.

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

OMG WHY NOOOOOOO

[@hoonhwang4778]

So, who could be the buyer of all this infos? Is this the time America can flirt with potential foes like some politician do?😮

[@EnronnSierra]

When the government is hiring people for these highly classified positions, you really have to look at the individual in their entirety. Now, these two people has obvious radical behaviors going back years and you still hired them. What did you expect? A little bit of discrimination goes a long way when you are hiring for these positions.

[@dkg_gdk]

Imagine how many are being recruited at colleges these days

[@TheSitcheeation]

In ‘16-‘17 my DC consulting office hired 5 rssn colleagues - in one hiring cycle…idk, I think this is more common than we think in many levels of business/politics.

[@norfillyson]

How was she discovered?

[@boristheamerican2938]

Been there since the Reagan days.

[@aeromtb2468]

why was she allowed to negotiated her sentence.

[@breadman6223]

Why was she released? Omg.

[@The_Cucktardis]

Thats why they call him Terry Tibbs

[@yahal1197]

😂😂😂😂 17 years spying good for you Cuba good for you.

[@BristolBerg]

If they still have links to these adversarial nations politically/culturally/economically, they should not be anywhere near sensitive jobs. This is specially true for those with East Asia, Eastern Europe or S.America ethnicity.

[@Mike44460]

Wall, guns, NEXT!

[@ATLTraveler]

I wish my life was this exciting

[@heribertofernandez6101]

This was known for years in the Cuban exile in Miami. They let this guy spy.

[@gardensofthegods]

And yet nobody reported him ? All those exiled Cubans who claimed to love America and hate Castro and Marxism but didn't any of them try to report her ... ?

[@travelsahead]

"Spy" not spi ...

[@see-rious-ley]

Who is “they”?!???

[@heribertofernandez6101]

@@see-rious-ley fbi/ US gov.. they.

[@psychoticbob]

What good would a polygraph be? All that a polygraph does is take various arbitrary measurements and nothing else. There is NO such thing as a "lie detector machine." Don't believe me? Look it up. See for yourself. ONLY law enforcement people ae allowed to lie with impunity. And they DO it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

[@thewkovacs316]

that intel agencies still use this debunked crap is beyond me

[@joebloe4374]

All of them passed Her aldrich ames etc All passed that stupid machine

[@jayelm5392]

They both should have been sent to the supermax. Life terms.

[@trumpdonald6911]

You can still hear the Cuban number station on HF 10.860 mhz. A few other frequencies also. Same woman’s voice for 30 years.

[@modiceinsanus]

Love the moral superiority 60 Minutes evokes. As if the CIA doesn't exist 😂

[@tushkafilms1061]

1:10 is that Robert Duvall?

[@user-oi4in1cx1f]

We use the same coding except alway to the 25 power or more. The one they showed is elementary.

[@tayonacummings]

like the Americans are not spying on them!

[@anthonyzabala2093]

Joh....they can do this

[@user-lg1gw4ez2v]

Well done Mr Rocha

[@aeromtb2468]

no one asked where montes was for 2-3 hrs lunches

[@lawrencejohnson6216]

Wonder when the brakes will fail on montez 's car. Ha.

[@johninflorida8634]

Finally, our government doing what they are supposed to be doing. Thank you. Please never turn against us. We have a hard enough time in the world without turning against our own people. Well done.

[@hypnophonz]

It is tormentuous having to listen to American women (this reporter included) who apparently think that closing each sentence requires growling the words.

[@johnjessie3083]

This story is laughable 😂😂😂

[@TheBrall]

60 Minutes, please cover UAP disclosure again. We the public need you to stand against the stigma.

[@cf3985]

I’m proud 👏

[@RichardAddison]

Interesting how as long as things are at arms length people who rely on you can die, but not to be able to see your family is unacceptable. There's definitely an hypocrisy here.

[@SuperAgentman007]

Reminds me of a US citizen years ago, who spied for Russia, and gave them classified military secrets, like listening devices that the US used to use on Russian under sea cables to listen in on communications

[@anthonyzabala2093]

What is that legal buutton thing

[@jessemaier8681]

20 years. Way to go government

[@BrownyBird]

BS, as a cuban born and bred in the island i am telling you there are something called IDEOLOGY. For many the love to my country is nostalgic. They believe in the idea of the society equal for all. They can do certain things believing is in the best interests for Cuba. They don't see wrong there! At the end of the day capitalism is not paradise neither! Also lets het real here, Cuba share, don't trade information with the America's enemies, that buy chance are Cuba's friends. The American government does exactly the same with his allies and lie to his citizens. Gof knows the facts behind the Kennedy death. The truth about UFO, the truth about 9/11. So stop making up stories because its not fair. I left the island many years ago but i didn't betray my country like that snake living in Miami. He SOLD his information in return of the Amerinacn citizenship and money, but he doesn't speak about it! Traitor! 😢

[@paulanddianathomas3376]

Agree about JFK

[@see-rious-ley]

There will always be traitors. That’s a given in ANY country.

[@cadicamo8720]

Tbe truth about 9/11? What's that truth? Tell me.

[@tiahenry4743]

@@cadicamo8720 The mossad set up the bombs in the buildings affected. No muslims involved, no airplanes those were computer graphics and all this was done with the blessings of the United States of Terrorists Activities. This was done to divert attention away from the missing billions in the U.S. treasury and also used as an excuse to go to war with muslim countries. Bearing false witness is a sin.

[@anthonyzabala2093]

The copyright and patent joh.......it is truly to your accomplishments

[@user-qq7dg7hn9k]

Right to privacy? Wtf are you saying

[@ccharles848]

Last sentence: our former prez

[@aowi7280]

He was friends with the guy for decades but he never gave away any secrets? I call BS.

[@damnedlock2956]

I often wonder how these people seem to get away with it for so long?...even tho they get top secret clearances I guess they arent checked out every now and then just to make sure they arent passing secrets.

[@flyflybaby2723]

How did Cuba turn *an ambassador??*

[@vectorfox4782]

Girls Girls Girls

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Puerto Rico Celebrated her :D Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@EDW-task8]

Has anyone came up with ideas of who we are gonna sell Porto Rico to?

[@mz1860]

America didn’t figure out he was a spy 😂😂 every person that has that much access to confidential info should be watched

[@scuffediceposeidon9178]

Cuba Plan B. The Simpsons

[@glennhubbard5008]

No surprise there.

[@SuperAgentman007]

She should’ve never gotten a deal. She should’ve spent the rest of her life in prison she would have to serve as an example so that others don’t follow in her footsteps.

[@howardpage9915]

Thank god for counter intelligence.

[@WinstonMaraj-gx8sm]

Big on intel. Small on food.😂😂😂😂 Cuba.

[@largeformat942]

All criminals brag and their ego ultimately sends them to prison.

[@tatianalyulkin410]

Wait a minute! WHY would he agree to meet with a stranger? He's supposed to have his own handler. And please stop with the " evil " crap. We're not in kindergarten.

[@oleopathic]

Vocal fry...

[@MG-iu4eh]

No plea deals for these traitors! They should have life behind bars!

[@joebloe4374]

Delete

[@odesser_369]

THE NUMBERS MASON

[@devilpupbear09]

I DON'T ANYTHING ABOUT NUMBERS!

[@DavidNunezPNW]

5:14 Jose Coan is a damn traitor

[@user-lg1gw4ez2v]

Well dobe Miss Montes

[@reddeserted13]

Just shows how important it is to win hearts and minds.

[@liamk7440]

Wow, true traitors.

[@williamchessher5938]

We've made them our enemy, so why wouldn't they treat us as one??

[@abra2271]

Senator Ted C is okay with this arrest? ??

[@emmanueldangyang81]

brodie from homeland

[@cannabistalk4164]

DP?

[@nasilamak2201]

Stch BS

[@hungtran635]

How about our spies in other countries

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Our? Certainly not yous