Georgetown professor accused of being Cuban spy

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: BG NEWS

Gillian Gunn Clissold's academic career resembles that of the many professors and researchers truly dedicated to their area of study.

During her 10 years at Georgetown, almost six of which were spent as director of the Caribbean Project within the university's Center for Latin American Studies, she was considered one of the leading American experts on Cuba, having traveled to the island nation almost once a year for 14 years.

But recent reports have accused Gunn of being more than academically interested in Cuba - a U.S. lieutenant has named her as a spy for the Cuban government. Gunn has denied the allegation, calling it "preposterous."

Lt. Col. Chris Simmons, a retired U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and active lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, appeared on a Spanish-language television show in Miami three weeks ago. On the show, he named four people, including Gunn, as spies for the Cuban government. According to The Miami Herald, the other three Simmons named have been accused as spies before, but Gunn has never before been accused of working with Cuban intelligence.



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The new McCarthyism blacklist

[Festivito]

1. Horse trainer accused by private citizen of being kind of a spy.

The professor now horse trainer may have given names of students who might be sympathetic (maybe just to listen, maybe to actually become more confused than an average Republican) to Cuba's higher positioined people. The ex-military reserves man makes an effort to say he is not speaking as a government representative.

At least that's what I figure from the article.

[AlphaCentauri]

2. Civilians spying on civilians maybe

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878770,00.html