Alan Gross
Alan Gross | |
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 Alan Gross talking on the phone with President Barack Obama, 2014 | |
| Born | Alan Phillip Gross May 2, 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | United States government contractor employed by U.S. Agency for International Development |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Spouse | Judith Gross |
| Criminal penalty | 5 years in prison for importing banned technology with the intent of establishing clandestine Internet service[1][2][3][4] |
| Imprisoned at | Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital, Havana |
Alan Phillip Gross (born May 2, 1949)[5] is an American international development professional.
In December 2009, he was arrested while in Cuba working as a U.S. government subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of a program funded under the 1996 Helms-Burton Act. He was prosecuted in 2011 after being accused of crimes against the Cuban state for bringing satellite phones and computer equipment (to members of Cuba’s Jewish community) without the permit required under Cuban law.
After being accused of working for American intelligence services in January 2010, he was ultimately convicted for “acts against the independence or the territorial integrity of the state" in March 2011.[6] He was released from Cuban prison on December 17, 2014.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "American Alan Gross Completes 5th Year in Cuban Prison". VOA. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Wife Says Alan Gross' Health, Spirits Failing; Worried He'll Do 'Something Drastic'". Fox News Latino. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "White House renews call for Cuba to release Alan Gross". Fox News Latino. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "American Alan Gross completes fifth year in Cuban prison". Reuters. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN ALAN PHILLIP GROSS". Congressional Record. 158 (155). United States Government Printing Office. December 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Sentence" (PDF). People's Provincial Tribunal of Havanna.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Elise Labott, "Cuba releases American Alan Gross in prisoner swap", CNN (December 17, 2014).
Other websites
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- Alan Gross, "Para La Isla," Proposed Expansion of Scope of Work in Cuba Proposal, September 2009 (DAI/JBDC)
- Complaint: Alan Gross and Judith Gross against Development Alternatives, Inc. (“DAI”) and the United States of America. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, November 16, 2012
- Development Alternatives Inc.'s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of its Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject-Matter, Jurisdiction and Failure to State a Claim. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, January 15, 2013
- Why Won’t the U.S. Help Alan Gross?, Politico Magazine
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