HERALD OMBUDSMAN
Following are edited excerpts from some of the letters I received in response to my Oct. 18 column on how The Herald should respond to accusations that a contributing columnist, Marifeli Pérez-Stable, is a Cuban spy. Nothing in what I received changes my conclusion that there is insufficient evidence for The Herald to pull her column or investigate further. Pérez-Stable wrote her own defense in a separate column. Readers can read it all and decide for themselves. Antonio de la Cova, one of her principle accusers, declined to allow his letter to me to be printed. He wanted a column of his own. Almost all his points are covered in the letters below. All editing was for space and clarity.