By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard — who worked for Naval intelligence — is back in the news again. The Washington Post reports that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama asking for Pollard’s release. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a story full of twists, and certainly worthy of a movie, a federal immigration judge in San Diego on Wednesday tentatively granted asylum Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a Hamas founder who converted to Christianity and became a spy for Israel, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A contract linguist with the FBI in Maryland who pleaded guilty in December to disclosing classified information to a blogger, has had his law license suspended in New York, according to the New York Law Journal. The Law Journal reported that the Appellate Division, 3rd Department declined to set aside the…
And now comes the head scratching and analysis of a brilliant scientist. Why did he risk his career to try and spy for Israel? It’s not all that complicated once you start dissecting his life. The following report gives us a pretty good insight into Stewart Nozette. By Del Quentin Wilber and Maria Glod Washington…
No question Stewart D. Nozette was a smart scientist. But a smart criminal? He pleaded guilty in January to overbilling NASA. You’d think once you’re on the government’s radar you’d avoid — or least be careful — about doing foolish things. You’d think. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Stewart D….
Maybe he fled there for the kosher food. By Jeffrey Heller Reuters JERUSALEM — When Micky Mayon fled the United States, where he faced firearms charges, the alleged member of an anti-Semitic white supremacist group chose what he might have seen as a perfect hideout — the Jewish state. Mayon, 32, of Steelton, Pa., was…
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An 85-year-old man who spied for Israel may not have to spend the final stretch of his retirement behind bars. Judgment day is Feb. 13. By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — An 85-year-old former Army mechanical engineer pleaded guilty to conspiracy Tuesday and admitted he passed classified documents to the Israelis in…
