Kenneth T. Tellis: Espionage is espionage no matter who does it, so lets cut with the 'Bull' and make it simple.

VHeadline commentarist Kenneth T. Tellis writes: So Yon Goicoechea of Caracas, Venezuela got the Cato Institute's Milton Friedman Prize of $500,000, for Human and Civil Rights?

Well he got a lot more money for the same job that Benedict Arnold did. But they are certainly in the same category. Both were traitors to their country in the pay of a FOREIGN POWER. It just goes to show how far people will go in their lust for adulation.

Yon Goicoechea was an agent provocateur working on behalf of the U.S. in Venezuela, and so he certainly merits a prize.

I never knew that the betrayal of your country was a prizeworthy deed. Look at what happened to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for their treasonous actions? Now the U.S. is giving Yoni Goicoechea of Venezuela an award for services rendered to the U.S. in Venezuela.

So what was so wrong with the Soviets spying in the U.S., if the Cato Institute a front for U.S. neo-cons is doing exactly the same thing?

Espionage is espionage no matter who does it, so lets cut with the 'Bull' and make it simple.

The U.S. government puts a lot of money into its overseas espionage operations. It was quite clear that the U.S. had a hand in the defeat of the Venezuelan Referendum of December 2, 2007, as can now be seen. Since There were no Human Rights involved in Yon's actions of December 2, 2007, it is now up to other countries to get involved in the coming U.S. Presidential Elections in November.

If the U.S. can dabble in the politics of other nations, then other nations can dabble in U.S. politics.

Kenneth T. Tellis
Kenttellis@rogers.com