Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised concerns about Cuba’s ability to infiltrate and influence top-level U.S.institutions, detailing what he described as a dangerous Cuban spy network that is undermining American interests."A failed state 90 miles from our shores that happens to be aligned with adversaries to the United States is a national security threat to our country," he told "My View with Lara Trump" on Saturday.His comments follow the State Department’s recent release of a 100-page report detailing Cuba’s influence operations in the U.S., linking the nation to Antifa and radical activism while labeling it the "capital of 21st-century communism."CUBA BUILT COVERT NETWORK INSIDE AMERICA THROUGH SPIES, ACTIVISTS AND UNIVERSITIES, STATE DEPT ALLEGESThe secretary of state linked anti-ICE and pro-Maduro protests to Cuban-hired networks meant to pressure US lawmakers.
(Eloisa Lopez/Pool Photo via AP)"They actually are an influence and espionage superpower," Rubio said."If you look at the history of espionage in the United States, Cuba is the only country that consistently has implanted and embedded spies in our system without even paying them," he said."We had… a U.S.
ambassador, who ended up being a Cuban spy and was recently convicted," he continued."We've had them penetrate the highest levels of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)."Former U.S.
ambassador and national security official Manuel Rocha pleaded guilty to and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for acting as a secret agent for Cuba for decades.US COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ‘WAY BEHIND,’ POST-9/11 RECORD ‘EXTRAORDINARILY NEGLIGENT’, FMR TRUMP WH OFFICIAL WARNSVictor Manuel Rocha is seen posing for a photo at a Miami office in January 2003. (Raul Rubiera/Miami Herald/The Associated Press)Rubio mentioned Ana Belén Montes, a DIA analyst who was found passing American secrets to Cuba, represents one of the "single biggest intelligence failures" and potentially the most serious penetration in U....