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Amino acid
Glycine, the simplist amino acid
An amino acid is any of a class of organic acids, whose molecules consists of a terminal amine group, an organic side chain (or simply a hydrogen atom) bonded to one of the central alkyl spine carbons and a carboxyl end group. The most important amino acids are called alpha amino acids, which group are the building blocks of proteins which are central to cellular metabolism of all living organisms as well as viruses; alpha amino acids are characterized by a central alkyl spine where the amino group is attached to the carbon adjacent to the carboxyl end group.
Chemical structure
All amino acids have a basic amine end and an acidic carboxylic end; amino acids vary in their hydrophilic nature, largely dependent on the side chain attached. Among the alpha amino acids, all except glycine occur in one of two optically active isomers, denoted levo (L) and dextro (D), which isomers are mirror images. While L amino acids constitute all of the amino acids found in proteins during translation in the ribosome, D amino acids are found in some proteins produced by enzyme posttranslational alterations after translation and extrusion into the endoplasmic reticulum.
Amino acids are crystalline solids with high melting points, most but not all (depending on their side chains as noted above) are soluble in water and somewhat insoluble in non-polar solvents. In solution, the amino acid molecule appears to have a charge which changes with pH.
An intramolecular neutralization reaction produces a salt-like ion called a zwitterion. A common protocol is to represent each amino acid in zwitterion form, namely (a) carboxyl group losing a hydrogen ion to become negatively charged, or (b) the amine group accepting a hydrogen ion, thus becoming positively charged.
Alphas, betas and gammas
Beta alanine, the only naturally occurring beta amino acid. Fundamental classes of amino acids are characterized by the alkyl chain between amine and carboxyl groups as follows:
- Alpha amino acids: CH2
- Beta amino acids: CH2CH2
- Gamma amino acids: CH2CH2CH2
Alpha amino acids are the most notable group, since they are the building blocks of proteins fundamental to all cell metabolism. Amino acids vary dramatically in their hydrophilic character, based solely upon the side chain character. For example tryptophan, leucine and valine have classic hydrophobic side chains, and hence are more soluble in lipids than water. Correspondingly, the hydrophilic proteins containing these amino acids tend to have these hydrophobes embedded in their polypeptide core. Hydrophilic amino acids such as serine and aspartic acid are often buried in the polypeptide core for proteins that are required to have strong lipid solubility. Glycine is the versatile amino acid regarding solubility, since its side chain of simply two hydrogen atoms allows it entrance into lipid or water media.
Beta amino acids form generally more stable polypeptides than alpha amino acids, but there is only one naturally occurring beta amino acid: beta alanine. The polypeptides formed from beta alanine are being explored for their potential in combating antibiotic resistance of superbugs (bacteria that have evolved resistance to common antibiotics).
Higher classes of amino acids such as delta and epsilon (with four and five spine carbons respectively between the amine and carboxyl groups) are also instrumental in cellular processes, including immune system activation.
Essential amino acids
One of the most poorly named terms in biochemistry is the appelation essential amino acid. In fact, all of the basic 23 amino acids required for plant and animal life are absolutely necessary for fundamental metabolic function. An essential amino acid is merely the common designation for those amino acids that cannot be synthesized within a given organism. In fact all of the standard amino acids can be manufactured within all plants, where most animals can only manufacture fifteen of them. In humans, the essential amino acids are isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methanionine, phenylanalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine. The amino acids that are manufactured within human cells are: alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glycine, glutamic acid, glutamine, histadine, ornithine, proline, selenocysteine, serine, taurine and tyrosine. Certain of these non-essential amino acids are considered essential in some circumstances.
The amino acids listed above are sometimes called standard amino acids, although there are a number of other alpha amino acids.
Cellular synthesis of amino acids
Synthesis of the non-essential amino acids in animal cells is a fundamental process for the maintenance and procreation of all organisms in the animal kingdom. One of the chief processes in the cellular manufacture of these non-essential amino acids is known as transamination, a chemical reaction by which an amino group from one amino acid is transferred to a second organic acid, thus creating a new amino acid. As an example alanine can be produced within the cell from the ingredients of pyruvic and glutamic acids.
Such transamination reactions are catalyzed by enzymes known as transaminases, which are keto acids formed in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolic functions. A major locus of amino acid production in animals is the liver. These reactions represent key linkages between carbohydrate and protein metabolism; except for leucine, all amino acids can be converted to glucoses, providing a method of manufacturing energy when carbohydrates are low in the organism's body.
Protein assembly
Proteins are assembled from a chain of amino acids in a polypeptide chain within cells of living organisms through a complex process, where DNA coding provides the sequential instructions through codons of three nucleotides to select the next amino acid for a given polypeptide molecule. In transcription, the DNA codons are copied into messenger RNA using RNA polymerase. This RNA copy is then decoded via a ribosome that reads the RNA sequence by base-pairing the messenger RNA to transfer RNA, which carries amino acids. This biosynthesis process is vital to life, since (i) these proteins are essential for cell function and division; and (ii) the proteins produced are not directly available from dietary sources taken in from the organism's environment.
Since there are only three bases in a codon, with a choice of four different bases (A, T, C, G), there are a total of exactly 64 codons, each sequence of which is associated with a specific amino acid. Several codon sequences may code for the same amino acid; for example, the codons TCA, TCC, TCT, TCG all code for the amino acid serine. The sequence ATG has special significance in that it codes for the amino acid methionine, but also serves as the single signal for the beginning of every protein sequence. There are three codons that signal the stop position of protein formation: TAA, TGA and TAG. These stop sequences ensure that the protein created has the precise number of amino acids required, and that each protein has a clear end point in its amino acid chain.
- Glenn A. Goodfriend. 2000. Perspectives in amino acid and protein geochemistry. Oxford University Press. 366 pages
- Rochelle Hirschhorn, Judith Grossman, Walter Troll, and Gerald Weissmann. 1971. The effect of epsilon amino caproic acid and other inhibitors of proteolysis upon the response of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to phytohemagglutinin. J Clin Invest. 50(6): 1206–1217.
- P.Fürst and P.Stehle. 2004. What are the essential elements needed for the determination of amino acid requirements in humans? The Journal of Nutrition 134 (6 Suppl): 1558S–1565S
- Peter Robert Cheeke and Ellen S. Dierenfeld. 2010. Comparative Animal Nutrition and Metabolism. CABI.
- Michael S. Kilberg and Dieter Häussinger. 1992. Mammalian amino acid transport: mechanisms and control. Springer. 318 pages


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Labor also says it will postpone the October employment report for one week. It will now be issued on Nov. 8. The extra time is likely needed for government officials to gather data, which they couldn't do during the shutdown. The September report was mostly completed before the shutdown began Oct. 1.
Other delayed Labor reports will also be released in the next two week. The government will report on August job openings and labor turnover on Oct. 24, September wholesale inflation on Oct. 29 and the September consumer price index, which measures broader inflation, on Oct. 30.


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CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) -- Big East commissioner Mike Aresco says the conference is looking to add another school, and may sign a TV deal with multiple networks.
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Recorded: Friday, October 2, 2009
Originally aired on 10/2/09 on Fox News Freedom Watch. Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and author of Crisis and Leviathan, discusses President Hoovers role in the Great Depression.
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Have we forgotten what leadership looks like? Is there a global crisis of leadership? Does it really matter?
In Forbes last week, Mike Myatt answers all the above with a resounding YES! In his article, A Crisis of Leadership – What's Next? he claims that poor leadership is a systemic problem and so pervasive that we can no longer recognize good leadership. Further, he points to poor leadership as crippling businesses, ruining economies, destroying families, and possibly bringing the demise of nations.
Then he asks, "What do we do about it?"
Myatt calls for a Leadership Movement. Rather than pointing the finger at others, he calls on each of us to require more of ourselves, to take the lead in not only calling out poor leaders but in practicing leadership that values performance above rhetoric, forward progress above positional argument, compassion above ego, and openness above the need to be right.
"We must once and for all learn that what we fail to require of ourselves will be hard to ask from others."
Much of this rings true to me. It captures the importance and urgency I feel, and it reflects much of why we're focusing on leadership development at ONEplace. Imagine the collective impact achieved by a nonprofit sector not characterized by a few standout leaders, but led by persons who – to a one – embraced the values above. That's a vision worth working toward.
Perhaps we should start a movement…
P.S. KPL & ONEplace are closed Monday Oct 14 for a library staff day, and ONEplace staff are attending the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) conference on Tue & Wed, Oct 15-16. Consider attending our Debrief of MNA on October 23.
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Part 1: Procedure Overview and Definitions
1.1 Overview
The BBB EU Safe Harbor dispute resolution procedure ("Procedure") is administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. ("CBBB"). The Procedure provides for the resolution of complaints alleging that a U.S. business participating in the BBB EU Safe Harbor Program (a "Participating Business") has failed to comply with the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, as issued by the United States Department of Commerce, in the processing of Personal Data collected in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
By participating in the Procedure, all parties agree to abide by the Rules set forth below.
The Procedure has two components:
1.2 Definitions
CBBB refers to the Council of Better Business Bureaus, which is the entity located in the United States that administers the Procedure.
Complaint means an allegation that a Respondent has failed to comply with the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.
Complainant means an individual who has filed a Complaint with the Procedure.
Case means a Complaint that the CBBB has determined to be eligible in accordance with Part 2.
Decision means the judgment reached by the Panelist based on the merits of the Case after considering all the evidence presented to him or her.
Participating Business has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Panelist has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
Parties are the Complainant and Respondent.
Personal Data is information relating to an individual that identifies that individual, or could reasonably be used to identify the individual, regardless of the medium involved (e.g., paper, electronic, video, or audio).
Position means all written testimony and supporting documentation submitted by the Complainant for consideration by the Panelist.
Procedure has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Proprietary Information is information designated by a Party as proprietary in accordance with Section 8.5. It may include Personal Data relating to Complainant or Respondent's customers; information concerning Respondent's business records and plans; trade secrets; technological information; computer programs and listings; source code and/or object code; and financial information.
Rebuttal means all written testimony and supporting documentation submitted by the Respondent for consideration by the Panelist.
Respondent is a Participating Business that is alleged by Complainant to have failed to comply with the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.
Safe Harbor Privacy Principles are the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, Frequently Asked Questions, and related documents issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce on July 21, 2000 and February 6, 2009 respectively, and as they may subsequently be amended.
Settlement is an agreement reached by the Parties as resolution of a Complaint at any point during the Procedure. The terms of the Settlement must be recorded in writing to be effective.
Part 2: Eligibility
2.1 Initial review of Complaints
Upon contact by a potential Complainant, the CBBB will record basic information about the potential Complaint and will seek additional information needed to determine eligibility. The CBBB will open a Case when it determines, in its sole judgment, that the Complainant's proposed Complaint is eligible for resolution by the Procedure.
2.2 Eligible Complainant
In order to be eligible, a Complainant must be either:
2.2.1 Verifying Identity of Complainant
The CBBB shall take reasonable steps to verify the identity of the Complainant to ensure that he or she is the person he or she is representing himself or herself to be. If, in the sole discretion of the CBBB, the identity of the Complainant is not verified, the CBBB shall decline to open a Case.
2.3 Eligible Complaint
In order to be eligible, a Complaint must:
2.3.1 Information Required to Support a Complaint
Information submitted by a Complainant must be sufficiently complete to permit both the CBBB and the Respondent to evaluate the Complaint adequately, and to enable the Respondent to respond to the Complaint.
The CBBB shall be the sole judge of whether the information submitted is sufficiently complete.
2.3.2 Prior Good Faith Attempt to Resolve Complaint
Prior to filing a Complaint with the Procedure, the Complainant must have made a good faith attempt to resolve his or her Complaint directly with the Respondent, including a good faith attempt to follow any reasonable specifications set out in the Respondent's statement of privacy policies.
The CBBB will inquire into whether the Complainant has made a good faith attempt to resolve his or her Complaint directly with the Respondent. If the Complainant indicates there was a good faith attempt, he or she will be asked to describe the contact and results.
If there was no attempt to resolve the Complaint through direct contact with the Respondent, the CBBB will ask the Complainant to try to resolve the Complaint and will advise the Complainant that he or she can re-file the Complaint with the Procedure if the attempt to resolve the Compliant with the Respondent does not yield satisfactory results.
2.4 Eligibility Determination
The CBBB shall determine whether the Complaint is eligible and shall take one of the following actions:
2.5 Representatives
After a Case has been opened, either Party may designate another individual or entity as the Party's representative in the Procedure.
Part 3: Conciliation and Settlement
3.1 Role of the CBBB
The CBBB shall act as an impartial facilitator to assist the Parties in the Conciliation process. The role of the CBBB staff shall be to open communication between the Parties to encourage the discussion of Settlement options.
3.2 Settlement Discussions
The CBBB shall work with the Parties to help them take an objective look at the issues in dispute. This may include obtaining the facts as viewed by the Complainant, providing relevant information obtained from the Complainant to the Respondent, seeking the Respondent's response to the Complainant, and presenting the response and any Settlement offers to the Complainant.
3.3 Settlement Teleconference
Following the exchange of information about the Case, the Parties may discuss Settlement options directly, or if agreed to by the Parties, a teleconference may be scheduled with a CBBB staff person to explore mutually-agreeable Settlement options.
3.4 Written Confirmation of a Settlement
If a Settlement is reached, the CBBB shall be informed of the terms of the Settlement and shall draft and circulate to the Parties a letter detailing the terms of the Settlement.
Part 4: Data Privacy Hearings
4.1 Overview and Available Remedies
If Conciliation efforts are unsuccessful in reaching a Settlement, either party may request a Data Privacy Hearing. A Complainant may utilize a Data Privacy Hearing as a forum in which to demand that the Respondent:
The Hearing Decision shall order corrective action to change the Respondent's privacy policies or practices if, based on the evidence presented, such action is found necessary to reverse or correct the effects of noncompliance and to assure that future processing by the Respondent will be in conformity with the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.
A Complainant may not utilize the Data Privacy Hearing to seek, and the Hearing Decision may not order, any corrective action that:
The CBBB may, pursuant to Section 8.8, refer the Respondent's failure to take recommended corrective action or to respond to Procedure requests to the appropriate government agencies.
4.2 Data Privacy Board
The Data Privacy Board (the "Board") shall consist of a panel of individuals recognized as experts in the field of data privacy (the "Panelists"). All Panelists shall be required to sign confidentiality agreements with respect to any confidential information or Proprietary Information either provided to them by CBBB or that they may receive otherwise in the course of their service as a Panelist.
Each Hearing will be determined by one randomly selected Panelist.
4.2.1 Eligibility of Panelists
An individual will be deemed ineligible to serve as a Panelist in a specific Case if (a) his or her employing company or corporate affiliate is the Respondent, or sells a product or service that competes directly with a product or service of the Respondent; (b) he or she represents an organization that competes directly with the Respondent; or (c) if he or she has a relationship with a Party, does business with a Party, is employed by a Party, or represents a Party in any capacity.
A potential Panelist shall disqualify himself or herself from service on a Case if for any reason arising out of past or present employment, affiliation or conflict of interest, the Panelist believes that he or she is unable to impartially examine a Case. In addition, either Party shall have the right to object to the selection of any Panelist for any of the conflicts of interest stated in this Section, and to request that a replacement be appointed to serve on the Case. Such request will be subject to approval by the CBBB, which shall act reasonably in determining whether good cause exists to disqualify a potential Panelist.
4.2.2 Panelist Responsibilities
The Panelist shall be responsible for evaluating, investigating, analyzing, and reaching a Decision on the merits of a Case.
4.3 Hearing Administration
The CBBB shall conduct the administrative work necessary for the Hearing. This work shall include collecting and forwarding the necessary documentation to the Panelist; coordinating an oral hearing if one is requested by the Panelist; and distributing requests for information and/or the Decision on behalf of the Panelist.
4.3.1 Communicating with the Panelist
The Parties agree not to communicate directly with the Panelist except during an oral hearing where both Parties are present, or where the absent party has received proper notice under Section 4.5.2. All written communication with the Panelist must be sent through the CBBB. If either Party violates this agreement, the CBBB may refuse to proceed with the Case. If the Party violating the agreement is a Respondent, the CBBB may refer the matter to the appropriate government agency.
4.3.2 Preparation and Forwarding of Case Record
The CBBB shall prepare the Case Record and forward it to the Panelist. The Case Record shall consist of documents comprising the Position and Rebuttal submitted pursuant to Section 4.4. No other submissions shall be considered by the Panelist except as expressly provided for in Section 4.5.
Copies of the Case Record shall be sent to the Parties with Proprietary Information appropriately redacted.
4.4 Pre-Hearing Submission and Exchange of Written Position and Rebuttal
If the Complainant requests a Hearing, CBBB shall ask the Complainant to submit a written Position within thirty (30) business days. If the Complainant so requests, CBBB may accept the Complaint information submitted under Section 2.3.1 in whole or in part as the Complainant's Position. If the Complainant fails to submit a Position within the time frame provided the Case shall be closed.
The CBBB shall forward the Position to the Respondent. The Respondent shall, within thirty (30) business days after receipt of the Complainant's Position, file a written Rebuttal.
4.4.1 Respondent's Failure to File a Rebuttal
If a Respondent fails to file a Rebuttal in compliance with Section 4.4, the CBBB shall send the Respondent a written default notice, informing the Respondent that unless the Respondent files a Rebuttal within fifteen (15) business days after receipt of the notice, the default will be noted in the next Procedure report and the CBBB shall refer the matter to the appropriate government agency pursuant to Section 8.8.
If the Respondent files a timely Rebuttal after receipt of the default notice, the Rebuttal will be forwarded to the Complainant as provided for in Section 4.4.2 and the Case will move forward. If the Respondent still fails to file a timely Rebuttal, the default will be duly noted in the next Procedure report and the CBBB shall refer the matter to the appropriate government agency pursuant to Section 8.8.
4.4.2 Complainant's Reply to Rebuttal
The CBBB shall forward the Rebuttal to the Complainant. The Complainant may, within ten (10) business days after receipt of the Rebuttal, submit a written reply, which shall then be filed as an addendum to the Complainant's Position. If the Complainant fails to submit a reply within the time period provided, the Position and Rebuttal shall be sent to the Panelist and the Case will move forward as prescribed in Section 4.5.
4.4.3. Respondent's Response to Reply
If the Complainant submits a reply under Section 4.4.2, the CBBB shall forward the reply to the Respondent. The Respondent may, within ten (10) business days after receipt of the reply, submit a written response, which the CBBB shall file as an addendum to the Respondent's Rebuttal. Upon receipt of the Respondent's response or upon the expiration of the time period provided, the Position and Rebuttal shall be sent to the Panelist and the Case will move forward as prescribed in Section 4.5.
4.5 Hearing Procedure
One Panelist will be appointed to the Hearing by the CBBB. The Panelist will preside over the Hearing deliberations and will decide any substantive questions before him or her. The Panelist will submit a written Decision determining all issues raised by the Hearing.
4.5.1 Examination by the Panelist
The Panelist may, in his or her discretion, request additional information or comments from either or both Parties. The Party receiving the request shall, within ten (10) business days after receipt of the request, submit a written response thereto. On receipt of any such response, the CBBB shall immediately forward it to the other Party, who may submit a response within ten (10) business days after receipt.
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The Panelist shall endeavor to forward a written Decision to the CBBB within thirty (30) business days after completion of the Hearing Procedure. The Decision shall include the Panelist's findings along with a statement of whether corrective action is necessary and a time frame for such action. The CBBB shall promptly send the Decision to the Parties.
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If either Party believes that a Decision requiring corrective action cannot be implemented within the specified time frame or at all, that Party should immediately inform the CBBB in writing. The Panelist may request additional evidence, request another hearing, or do anything the Panelist deems appropriate to confirm or deny the claim of impossibility of implementation. If the Panelist confirms such impossibility, the original Decision may be amended to alter the specified time frame or to order any other remedy within the scope of the Procedure Rules.
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If a Settlement requiring corrective action is reached or a Respondent agrees to take corrective action recommended by a Decision, Respondent shall, within thirty (30) business days after the specified time for performance, certify to the CBBB that the corrective action required by the Settlement or Decision has been implemented The CBBB may ask for additional information to substantiate this certification. If the CBBB determines that the corrective action has not been implemented as required, it shall refer the file to the appropriate government agency pursuant to Section 8.8 and shall report its determination of noncompliance in the next Procedure report.
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If the CBBB does not agree that the information so identified should be treated as Proprietary Information, it shall immediately return the information to the submitting Party and inform the Party that the information will not be considered.
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When a Party submits material with a request that it be treated as Proprietary Information, that Party must also submit a summary of such material that does not reveal any Proprietary Information but provides sufficient information about the material to allow the other Party to respond to it. Failure to provide an acceptable summary for this purpose will result in the information not being considered. The CBBB shall be the sole judge of the acceptability of a summary offered by a Party.
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The CBBB, in its discretion, may refer matters to suitable government agencies if:
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"When I heard they were arrested, I felt like they had arrested Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny."
Neighbor at marina where the Myers kept their 37-foot yacht.
We have also seen that espionage is not simply a relic of the Cold War. Earlier this year, a retired State Department employee and his wife were charged with engaging in a long running conspiracy with the Cuban intelligence service to furnish highly sensitive classified information through coded communications and clandestine meetings. Most recently, a scientist who had access to classified information relating to satellites and Department of Defense programs, was charged with attempted espionage after he gave some of that information to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign intelligence officer.
Written Testimony by Attorney General Eric Holder to Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Two days after Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week about — among other things — the Justice Department's vigilance in hunting down spies, the traitorous husband and wife team he mentioned in the above quote pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Washington.
Former State Department official Walter Kendall Myers copped to a life term in prison on a revised three-count criminal information. His wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, will serve between six and seven and a half years in prison on a single count.
Court documents in the Myers case (and the more recent case of Stewart David Nozette, the DOD scientist Holder mentioned) describe a variety of methods used by the FBI to reel in suspected spies and would-be spies. One method used in both cases: send an undercover "source" to make contact with the suspects, turn on the recorders, and let the fish reel themselves in.
This two part series quotes from relevant court documents in the Myers case. In this Part One, Fairly Civil describes the Myers's motivation and recruitment by the Cuban intelligence service. Part Two covers the "trade craft" the Cuban spies used, and how the investigation rolled them up.
The Myers are representative of a particularly reprehensible class – people who grow up in privileged status, become "intellectuals" contemptuous of the "imperialist" United States, betray their country … and yet continue not merely to enjoy, but to indulge themselves to excess in, its riches. The Washington Post summarized Myer's pedigree thusly ("A Slow Burn Becomes a Raging Fire: Disdain for U.S. Policies May Have Led to Alleged Spying for Cuba," June 7, 2009.):
Myers, who goes by Kendall, grew up in Washington, the eldest of five children. His father, Walter, was a renowned heart surgeon; his mother, Carol, was the daughter of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the longtime former president of the National Geographic Society, and was the granddaughter of inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
Myers went to prep school at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania and graduated from Brown University. He went on to get a doctorate in European history from the Johns Hopkins SAIS.
What did Kendall Myers glean from this patrician background and elitist education?
According to an affidavit filed in the case, one thing he said to the FBI undercover agent about the United States was that "the trouble with this country, there's just too many North Americans." He also told the agent regarding the possibility of travel restrictions to Cuba being lifted, "You don't want all those Americans … believe me, those North Americans, you don't want them."
Here are more relevant passages of Kendall's loathing from the affidavit, filed last June ("Affidavit in Support of Criminal Complaint and Arrest Warrant," United States v. Walter Kendall Myers, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Docket No. 1:09-cr-00150-RBW, filed June 4, 2009):
30 … The investigation has revealed a diary, written by KENDALL MYERS, of his 1978 trip to Cuba. In his account of his trip, KENDALL MYERS expresses a strong affinity towards Cuba and its revolutionary goals, and a negative sentiment toward "American imperialism." Notably, KENDALL MYERS states:
Cuba is so exciting! I have become so bitter these past few months. Watching the evening news is a radicalizing experience. The abuses of our system, the lack of decent medical system, the oil companies and their undisguised indifference to public needs, the complacency about the poor, the utter inability of those who are oppressed to recognize their own condition. . . . Have the Cubans given up their personal freedom to get material security? Nothing I have seen yet suggests that . . . . I can see nothing of value that has been lost by the revolution. . .
[T]he revolution has released enormous potential and liberated the Cuban spirit. . . . . Everything one hears about Fidel suggests that he is a brilliant and charismatic leader. He exudes the sense of seriousness and purposefulness that gives the Cuban socialist system its unique character. The revolution is moral without being moralistic. Fidel has lifted the Cuban people out of the degrading and oppressive conditions which characterized pre-revolutionary Cuba. He has helped the Cubans to save their own souls. He is certainly one of the great political leaders of our time. . .
Going through the [Museum of the Revolution in Havana] was a sobering experience. Facing step by step the historic interventions of the U.S. in to [sic] Cuban affairs, including the systematic and regular murdering of revolutionary leaders left me with a lump in my throat. . . .
They don't need to try very hard to make the point that we have been the exploiters. Batista was only one of the long list of murderous figures that we thrust upon them in the name of stability and freedom . . .
There may have been some abuses under the present regime, life may be more complicated by rationing, etc., but no one can make me believe that Cuba would have been better off if we have defeated the revolution. The idea is obscene.
Walter Kendall Myers's ecstatic declaration that "no one can make me believe that Cuba would have been better off if we had defeated the revolution" falls precisely into the category of a certain type of (usually academic) intellectual willing to endure the suffering of other less-enlightened persons – without depriving themselves of the comforts of the parlor life. Content that "life may be more complicated" under Fidel Castro's communist regime, Walter Kendall Myers and his wife continued to roll like rich puppies in the American imperialistic good life. "Communism may suck," people like Kendall Myers pontificate to the impoverished subjects of the Cuban regime, "But that's just a sacrifice you'll have to make. Wish we were there."
For all the Myers's intellectual posturing, among the items that they will forfeit to satisfy the $1,735,054 judgment against them – representing the salary paid to him over years by the State Department – is a 37-foot sailing yacht. Sale prices for boats of equivalent length are currently listed in Maryland from the mid-thirty thousand dollars for older boats (1970s) to just south of $200,000 for newer models. Such boats are simply another one of the luxuries that the people of Cuba will just have to do without in the Myers's precious pseudo-Marxist world.
Background on Cuban intelligence activities against the United States. The June affidavit describes in general terms the relevant background of Cuba's intelligence operations against the United States:
20. … the Cuban Intelligence Service (CuIS) is a general term encompassing numerous Cuban intelligence and counterintelligence entities. A primary such entity is the Directorate of Intelligence (DI), formerly known as the Directorate of General Intelligence (DGI). It is charged with gathering worldwide intelligence information of interest to Cuba and its allies. The United States was, and continues to be, a principal target for Cuba's intelligence gathering.
21. … CuIS has a well-established program aimed at spotting and assessing persons within the United States academic community who may be suitable for recruitment to serve a variety of roles on behalf of Cuba's interests. The most important of these roles is that of agent – that is, a person who is not an officially recognized employee of CuIS but who is aware that he or she is working for the service and is willing to engage in clandestine operational activity, including intelligence gathering, at the direction, and on behalf, of CuIS. An agent-in-place is a recruited agent who occupies a position or job in which he or she has authorized access to intelligence information of value to CuIS, including classified information. One such agent was Ana Belen Montes, who was a senior intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency prior to her arrest and conviction for espionage on behalf of CuIS in March 2002 before this Court in the case of United States v. Ana Belen Montes. (See a brief discussion of the Ana Belen Montes case in the Fairly Civil post here.)
Myers recruited after a 1978 trip to Cuba. Kendall Myers visited Cuba in 1978, during which trip Cuban intelligence apparently spotted him as an easy mark. (It would be no surprise if one learned that the Cuban agency read Kendall's diary, quoted above, while he was out touring, watching the socialist proletariat laboring according to its means in idyllic sugar cane fields.) According to the affidavit:
29. … in December 1978, KENDALL MYERS traveled on "unofficial personal travel for academic purposes" to Cuba for approximately two weeks. Two other Department of State employees traveled during the same time frame. KENDALL MYERS indicated in Department of State documents that his travel was predicated on an invitation from a Cuban government official (hereinafter, co-conspirator "A") after co-conspirator "A" had given a presentation at the FSI. … co-conspirator "A" served at the Cuban Mission to the United States … in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s. KENDALL MYERS's guide in Cuba, was an official with Cuba's Foreign Service Institute (hereinafter, co-conspirator "B"). Based on all of the evidence collected during this investigation, I conclude that KENDALL MYERS's trip to Cuba in 1978 provided the CuIS with the opportunity to assess and or develop KENDALL MYERS as a Cuban agent.
31. The FBI's investigation has revealed that approximately six months after returning from Cuba, KENDALL MYERS and GWENDOLYN MYERS were visited by co-conspirator" A" in South Dakota, where KENDALL MYERS and GWENDOLYN MYERS were living at the time. During that trip, KENDALL MYERS and GWENDOLYN MYERS were recruited by co-conspirator "A" and they agreed to serve as clandestine agents of the Republic of Cuba. Thereafter, CuIS directed KENDALL MYERS to pursue a job at either the Department of State or the Central Intelligence Agency.
The Myers's "wonderful" soiree with Comandante Fidel. According to the criminal information (to the charges of which Kendall Myers pleaded guilty), "In or about January 1995 … [the Myers] … traveled to Cuba via Mexico under false names for the purpose of meeting with their … handlers. [W]hile staying in a small house in Cuba …[they] were visited by Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro spent the evening with them and spoke through an interpreter." ("Violation," United States v. Walter Kendall Myers, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Docket No. 1:09-cr-00150-RBW, filed Nov. 20, 2009.)
The June affidavit recounts what the Myers told the FBI undercover about that meeting:
43. … KENDALL MYERS stated that the "best one was meeting Fidel. . . Oh, that was wonderful."
Gwendolyn Myers did not work for the government. She took a job in a bank. But, consistent with a known pattern of Cuban intelligence operating in the United States, she was an active member of the husband and wife spy team.
On the other hand, Kendall wormed his duplicitous way into high positions in the State Department where he had and used access to potentially extremely damaging information, including so-called "sources and methods" of intelligence gathering.
A U.S. Department of Justice Press Release (November 20, 2009) summarizes Kendall Myers's career, beginning with the period shortly before he was recruited by the Cuban intelligence service:
Kendall Myers began working at the State Department in 1977 as a contract instructor at the Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) in Arlington, Va. After living briefly with Gwendolyn in South Dakota, he returned to Washington, D.C., and resumed employment as an instructor with FSI. From 1988 to 1999, in addition to his FSI duties, he performed work for the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR). He later worked full-time at the INR and, from July 2001 until his retirement in October 2007, was a senior intelligence analyst for Europe in INR where he specialized on European matters and had daily access to classified information through computer databases and otherwise. He received a Top Secret security clearance in 1985 and, in 1999, his clearance was upgraded to Top Secret / SCI.
In Part Two of this post, Fairly Civil will provide excerpts from court documents describing how the Myers family spy team operated and how the FBI rolled them up after thirty years of betraying their country.


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The Ancient Shipbrokers overlooks Pentewan harbour and one of the best sandy beaches in Cornwall. The house has bags of history and character, and has been decorated tastefully and sympathetically. A ...More about Ancient Shipbrokers
This charming family-run guest house in a former mill dates back some 300 years. Low ceilings, beams, stone walls and an impressive fireplace all contribute to its character. Equally inviting is the h...More about Bissick Old Mill
A friendly welcome is assured at Oxturn House, a large family house, set slightly above the village and close to a pub and several dining venues. Bedrooms are spacious and a pleasant lounge is availab...More about Oxturn House
Guests regularly return for the friendly welcome at this peaceful establishment located just south of St Austell. The spacious and well-equipped bedrooms are divided between the main house and an adjo...More about Polgreen Farm
Located in a quiet residential area just a short walk from the town and beach, this friendly family-run establishment is comfortable and well equipped. Guests have use of a lounge, a bar and a sun lou...More about The Three Tees
With delightful views over the open space known as The Barrowfields and beyond to the sea, this privately-run hotel offers an impressive range of facilities. The reception rooms are spacious and comfo...More about Kilbirnie Hotel