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  Yeah, I've heard in Cuba there's this ghastly prison camp where they hold people for decades, many of whom were kidnapped overseas without trial and torture them. 
  And just to be extra evil, they somehow tricked the Americans into building and operating it 😱
context: after she spent more than two decades behind bars.
    in 2002 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage after she was accused of using her leading position as a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) official to leak information
  
  Followed by:
  
  On her release from prison, Urbino had ordered Montes should be placed under supervision for five years, with her internet access monitored and a ban from working for governments and contacting foreign agents without permission
  
  Does an espionage conviction count for anything these days? >
  
  
  Does an espionage conviction count for anything these days?
  
  Apparently 80% of a 25 year sentence in federal prison and 5 years of monitored parole. >
  
  She got off pretty light I'd say.  If spy was caught in communist countries they will be tortured and even executed.