An 84-year-old former Army engineer in New Jersey has been charged with leaking dozens of secret documents about nuclear arms, missiles and fighter jets to the Israeli government during the early 1980s.
The engineer, Ben-Ami Kadish of Monroe Township, could face life in prison or possibly the death penalty if convicted on the most serious charge, prosecutors said.
His case is linked to that of Jonathan Jay Pollard, the naval analyst serving a life sentence for leaking documents to Israel around the same time. An Israeli official who came to Mr. Kadish’s house to photograph documents also received information from Mr. Pollard, prosecutors said…
According to court papers, Mr. Kadish…would sign secret documents out of the library and take them to his home in New Jersey…where the Israeli official, a science adviser at the Israeli consulate in New York, would photograph them in the basement, according to court papers.The complaint specifically mentions three documents that Mr. Kadish is accused of leaking — one “concerning nuclear weaponry” containing “atomic-related information”; one regarding a modified version of an F-15 fighter jet that the United States sold to another country; and one containing information about the Patriot missile system…
Mr. Kadish is also charged with lying to the F.B.I. about having spoken to the Israeli official last month. On March 20, after giving a statement to the F.B.I., Mr. Kadish received a phone call from the Israeli official instructing him to lie to the authorities, and the next day, he denied having spoken to the official, the complaint says.
Guidance for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is run by Israel. Anyone foresee any change?
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“but after all, you’re the only country that used the atomic bomb without giving it much thought.”
Lo nakhon. Go educate yourself about Truman’s decision. And while you’re at it, thank the Americans for 12.2 Damascus. It wasn’t Israel.
Hag Sameach