U.S. Scientist admits spying for Israel

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A former government scientist
Stewart Nozette
confesses to spying for Israel

A former U. S. government scientist charged with attempting to sell technology secrets to Israel has confessed to one count of espionage. Stewart Nozette will serve a sentence of 13 years in prison after making a plea deal with prosecutors.

Nozette was accused of seeking millions of dollars to sell classified information.  He could have faced a death sentence if convicted on all four counts of attempted espionage with which he had been charged. Nozette worked in the government for several decades, including at NASA, the National Space Council and the Department of Energy.

He appeared on Wednesday in court in a prison jumpsuit and told the judge he understood the charge to which he was pleading.

Nozette told an undercover FBI agent that the secrets he was offering to Israel had cost the US government anywhere from $200 million to nearly $1 billion to develop.

According to court papers, Nozette met the undercover agent at the upmarket Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington in October 2009.

He is quoted as telling the agent: “I’ve crossed the Rubicon… I’ve made a career choice.”

“I’m prepared to give them the whole thing… all the technical specifications,” he is also quoted as having said.

“Stewart Nozette betrayed America’s trust by attempting to sell some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets for profit,” Lisa Monaco, assistant attorney general in charge of the justice department’s national security division, told Reuters news agency.

The Department of Justice said that the charges do not allege that any U.S. laws were broken by the government of Israel or anyone working on its behalf.

Let’s not accuse Israel of spying for goodness sake.

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Ron Reed
12 years ago

Why does this surprise anyone?

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