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submitted 11 months ago by TheLastHero@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

"For me, what has been done, has strengthened the Revolution," Rocha allegedly said in one recorded meeting, bragging about his actions. "They underestimated what we could do to them. We did more than they thought."

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[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 41 points 11 months ago

An undercover employee for the bureau sent Rocha a note on WhatsApp claiming to have a message from "your friends in Havana" regarding a "sensitive matter."

Spycraft and anti-spycraft is nothing like in the movies. The Feds implicated him by making contact over WhatsApp like low-level fucking scammers.

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

When you're a spy but ur also a boomer

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

This should become a bit.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

Yeah but they only succeed after 40 years. He probably bought a Cuban sandwich and winked and said “thank you comrade” and the cashier reported it to the FBI lol

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

Yeah, you have to admire the long run. I wonder if he is the longest running spy. It's just what got him that is a damn embarrassment.

[-] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He kept it up for over 40 years and is now 73. If I were him, I'd try to get caught right around now because it's now or never if he wants credit in the history books as a final fk you.

Minimum security federal prison for white collar crimes isn't any worse than the average nursing home in the US. Anyway, he's old enough that even if he is sent to prison (which will be federal), he will qualify for a compassionate release very shortly.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 11 months ago

Spycraft nowadays is basically the equivalent of boomer email chains lol. Major props to this guy.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

Unless you’re a CIA agent, in which case your cover is blown and you’re executed because your case officers can’t build a covert website to hide your communication

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Was way cooler when nuclear scientists were sending their research to the Soviets

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

That's how it almost always happens.

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