FOXNews.com Saturday, June 06, 2009 Some fear the arrest of retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife could erode congressional support for easing tensions with the communist nation. President Obama's efforts to engage Cuba and promote reform on the communist island may have been damaged Friday by federal charges against a former State Department intelligence analyst for allegedly spying for Cuba over a 30-year period. Walter Kendall Myers and his wife are accused of using grocery carts among their array of tools to pass government secrets, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. The arrest comes two months after the Obama administration acted to relax a trade embargo imposed on Cuba since 1962 and days after the Organization of American States revoked the island nation's 1962 suspension. Some fear the arrest could erode congressional support for easing tensions with the communist nation. [Continue reading]
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