in june 2009, the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) arrested former inr employee walter kendall myers on charges of serving as an illegal agent of the cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified u.s. information to the cuban government. myers’ arrest was the culmination of a three-year joint fbi/department of state diplomatic security investigation. myers worked in the inr from 2000 until october 2007.