Accused Spy for Cuba Makes Court Appearance
Ana Belen Montes, a senior intelligence analyst with the Defense Department, appeared before a federal magistrate for the first time, charged with giving classified defense information to Cuba.
Judge Deborah Robinson granted a 30-day extension requested by both the state and the defense before the case is brought to court.
Montes, 44, who is being held without bail, faces a possible death penalty if convicted. In an affidavit, the FBI said Montes used encrypted codes to correspond with Cuban intelligence agents via radio, a method employed by five other people convicted in June in Miami of spying for Cuba.
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