Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald

Rather, the agents’ visits had another purpose in mind: to send a clear message to Cuba that the FBI is still watching Cuban spies who might be infiltrating the United States — and that they aren’t just paying attention to Russian threats, said the sources, who are not authorized to speak publicly. The FBI is not targeting the Cuban exiles themselves, but using the expected publicity surrounding the visits to long-time advocates of normalizing relations with Cuba — who might themselves have contacts with Cuban diplomats — to get the message out to the Cuban government.