{"id":17223,"date":"2016-07-07T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=17223"},"modified":"2016-07-07T18:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T23:00:42","slug":"espionage-files-the-most-dangerous-spy-youve-never-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/07\/espionage-files-the-most-dangerous-spy-youve-never-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Espionage Files: The Most Dangerous Spy You&#8217;ve Never Heard Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17226\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/ana-montes.jpg\" alt=\"Ana Montes\" width=\"307\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Programming note: Explore untold stories of American spies: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/declassified\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">CNN Original Series &#8220;Declassified&#8221; <\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET\/PT only on CNN.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">(CNN)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">She put American combat troops in harm&#8217;s way, betrayed her own people and handed over so many secrets that experts say the U.S. may never know the full extent of the damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Ana Montes was the Queen of Cuba, an American who from 1985 to the September 11, 2001 attacks handed over U.S. military secrets to Havana while working as a top analyst for the Pentagon&#8217;s Defense Intelligence Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">But despite her crimes, Montes remains largely unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">You might not think Cuba could do much harm to a superpower like the U.S., said retired DIA official Chris Simmons, appearing on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/shows\/declassified\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Declassified.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">But you&#8217;d be wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The threat increases, he said, when Havana goes on to sell those U.S. military secrets to Montes&#8217; anger about U.S. foreign policy complicated her relationships and drew the attention of Cubans who enticed her to turn her back on friends, family and her own country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Montes&#8217; anger about U.S. foreign policy complicated her relationships and drew the attention of Cubans who enticed her to turn her back on friends, family and her own country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The fascinating spycraft that surfaced from her case offers a rare glimpse into the invisible world of espionage, where some experts believe there could be as many as 100,000 foreign agents working inside the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the Remainder at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/07\/06\/us\/declassified-ana-montes-american-spy-profile\/\">CNN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Programming note: Explore untold stories of American spies: CNN Original Series &#8220;Declassified&#8221; airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET\/PT only on CNN. (CNN)She put American combat troops in harm&#8217;s way, betrayed her own people and handed over so many secrets that experts say the U.S. may never know the full extent of the damage. 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