Jailed American Jewish contractor Alan Gross “was no spy,” Cuban President Raul Castro agreed in a meeting with two visiting U.S. senators, Patrick Leahy and Richard Shelby.
Revelations of the alleged lengths that U.S. contractor Alan Gross went to to help Cuban Jews have both galvanized and worried those campaigning for his release from a Cuban prison, where he is serving a 15-year sentence.
Jailed American Jewish contractor Alan Gross visited Cuba at least five times in one year to set up wireless Internet connections, according to a report citing leaked court documents.