Luke LaManna

and implant their agents at the highest levels of government, sometimes with startling results. Take Ana Montes, a most unlikely turncoat. By all accounts, she was very good at her job, which involved gathering damaging information to use against the Cuban government. At the time of her arrest, Ana was trusted with America's best-kept secrets.

Plus, she was the sister of not one, but two FBI agents, and she was related to two more, all of whom had sworn to serve this country, no matter the cost. So what drove Anna to turn on her country? How could she betray her deeply patriotic family too? And how did she get away with it for so long while working in the heart of the US intelligence establishment?

Plus, she was the sister of not one, but two FBI agents, and she was related to two more, all of whom had sworn to serve this country, no matter the cost. So what drove Anna to turn on her country? How could she betray her deeply patriotic family too? And how did she get away with it for so long while working in the heart of the US intelligence establishment?

It was a bizarre story, a lifetime in the making, and one that raises alarming questions about America's vulnerability to traitors hiding in plain sight. Ana Montes was 15 years old the day her father moved out of the house. It was 1972. Ana waited nervously in the bedroom she shared with her sister Lucy in the suburbs of Baltimore.

It was a bizarre story, a lifetime in the making, and one that raises alarming questions about America's vulnerability to traitors hiding in plain sight. Ana Montes was 15 years old the day her father moved out of the house. It was 1972. Ana waited nervously in the bedroom she shared with her sister Lucy in the suburbs of Baltimore.

Her father Alberto already had taken her three siblings, one by one, into his office. Ana, the oldest, was last. Lucy returned to their bedroom, stone-faced. Anna watched her sister carefully, but Lucy said nothing. The two of them had once been inseparable, but as they entered into young adulthood, they were growing further apart. Lucy told Anna that their father wanted to speak with her.

Her father Alberto already had taken her three siblings, one by one, into his office. Ana, the oldest, was last. Lucy returned to their bedroom, stone-faced. Anna watched her sister carefully, but Lucy said nothing. The two of them had once been inseparable, but as they entered into young adulthood, they were growing further apart. Lucy told Anna that their father wanted to speak with her.

Anna thought about hugging her sister, but she didn't know if it would be welcome, especially now. Instead, she stood up and walked out of their room without saying a word. Anna's heart raced as she walked into her father's office. He asked her to take a seat. As she stared into his dark eyes, memories of the way he abused his family flashed through her mind.

Anna thought about hugging her sister, but she didn't know if it would be welcome, especially now. Instead, she stood up and walked out of their room without saying a word. Anna's heart raced as she walked into her father's office. He asked her to take a seat. As she stared into his dark eyes, memories of the way he abused his family flashed through her mind.

Alberto Montes had moved to the mainland United States from Puerto Rico to serve as a doctor for the US Army. After a few years, he moved his burgeoning family to Kansas to study psychotherapy at the acclaimed Menninger Psychiatric Hospital. In his time there, he researched the way that domineering parents can do lasting damage to their children.

Alberto Montes had moved to the mainland United States from Puerto Rico to serve as a doctor for the US Army. After a few years, he moved his burgeoning family to Kansas to study psychotherapy at the acclaimed Menninger Psychiatric Hospital. In his time there, he researched the way that domineering parents can do lasting damage to their children.

But whatever lessons Alberto learned in his research, he clearly didn't bring them home with him. His temperament was a dangerous combination of violent and unpredictable, and he lashed out at his children for any perceived slight, especially Anna. Sitting in the same chair where Anna once feared she would suffocate, she wanted to cry.

But whatever lessons Alberto learned in his research, he clearly didn't bring them home with him. His temperament was a dangerous combination of violent and unpredictable, and he lashed out at his children for any perceived slight, especially Anna. Sitting in the same chair where Anna once feared she would suffocate, she wanted to cry.

But she'd gotten enough bruises from her father's fury to know to hold back her tears. Alberto cleared his throat and calmly explained that their mother, Emilia, was divorcing him and wanted him out of the house. He asked if Anna wanted to come live with him in his new apartment. Like all of her siblings, Anna declined.

But she'd gotten enough bruises from her father's fury to know to hold back her tears. Alberto cleared his throat and calmly explained that their mother, Emilia, was divorcing him and wanted him out of the house. He asked if Anna wanted to come live with him in his new apartment. Like all of her siblings, Anna declined.

As soon as Alberto left the house, it felt like Ana and her family could finally relax. Without her father looming over her, Ana flourished. She earned a near-perfect 3.9 GPA in high school and began joining in on the marches for Hispanic unity her mother Emilia helped organize. But all the while, she and her sister Lucy kept drifting apart.

As soon as Alberto left the house, it felt like Ana and her family could finally relax. Without her father looming over her, Ana flourished. She earned a near-perfect 3.9 GPA in high school and began joining in on the marches for Hispanic unity her mother Emilia helped organize. But all the while, she and her sister Lucy kept drifting apart.

Anna harbored no resentment toward her sister, but she was determined to exercise her independence as often as possible. For instance, she would often leave their shared bedroom and sleep in the basement, where she had hung up a poster of South American revolutionary Che Guevara.

Anna harbored no resentment toward her sister, but she was determined to exercise her independence as often as possible. For instance, she would often leave their shared bedroom and sleep in the basement, where she had hung up a poster of South American revolutionary Che Guevara.

She felt a sense of kinship with communist revolutionaries, people who fought back against violent repression in the way she wanted to fight back against her father. By the time Anna graduated high school and left for the University of Virginia, her relationship with Lucy was amicable, but distant.