A US judge has sentenced a retired State Department worker to life in prison without the possibility of parole for spying for Cuba.
Walter Kendall Myers' wife Gwendolyn was also sentenced to 81 months for helping her husband steal US secrets.
US District Judge Reggie Walton said the pair deserved heavy punishment for betraying the United States.
Mr Myers, 72, had access to top-secret US government information and admitted spying for Cuba for three decades.
The couple shared Cuba's communist ideology and an admiration of the Cuban revolution, according to federal prosecutors.
