Ex-CIA agent's perjury trail delayed another week

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A judge in Texas has delayed for another week the perjury trial of an elderly ex-CIA agent while she considers defense claims prosecutors deliberately delayed turning over documents that showed a witness had worked for Cuban counter-intelligence.

Attorneys for 83-year-old Luis Posada Carriles have filed a motion for a mistrial, saying they didn't know the man had worked for the Cuban government when prosecutors put him on the stand because prosecutors hadn't yet turned over the documents. They say that wasn't fair.

Posada has been an anti-communist militant for decades and was former President Fidel Castro's nemesis.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone suspended the trial for four days to review the defense motion. She then called the jury in on Tuesday and said she'd need until Feb. 22 to rule.

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