The Rocha Spy Case: Espionage and Conflicted Loyalty
Department of Justice has filed suit to revoke the naturalized citizenship of Manuel Rocha, the former American diplomat exposed in 2023 as a long-running espionage asset of Communist Cuba. Not since Alger Hiss was unmasked as a Soviet spy has the State Department—and the nation—suffered such a profound betrayal by a senior diplomat. Rocha was a Colombian-born immigrant who became a naturalized American citizen in his late 20s.
- ▪Department of Justice has filed suit to revoke the naturalized citizenship of Manuel Rocha, the former American diplomat exposed in 2023 as a long-running espionage asset of Communist Cuba.
- ▪Not since Alger Hiss was unmasked as a Soviet spy has the State Department—and the nation—suffered such a profound betrayal by a senior diplomat.
- ▪Rocha was a Colombian-born immigrant who became a naturalized American citizen in his late 20s.
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| Publication time | Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:05:00 +0000 |
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Politics The Rocha Spy Case: Espionage and Conflicted Loyalty The Trump administration must require that dual-national officials renounce any second citizenship as a condition of holding a security clearance. (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images) Phillip Linderman Jun 10, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit to revoke the naturalized citizenship of Manuel Rocha, the former American diplomat exposed in 2023 as a long-running espionage asset of Communist Cuba. Not since Alger Hiss was unmasked as a Soviet spy has the State Department—and the nation—suffered such a profound betrayal by a senior diplomat.
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