So I take it this Israeli Officer was an FBI or CIA agent acting as an Israeli?
I'm always astonished when these cases happen, it's almost as if they're staged because it's hard to imagine someone being so stupid!
Interesting that the article goes out of its way to make sure that Israel itself isn't linked to this.
Smells a bit fishy though! They must have known somehow that he had Israeli sympathies, or maybe he was just hard up for cash.
From the Justice Dept. website.
Nozette allegedly informed the UCE that he had, in the past, held top security clearances and had access to U.S. satellite information. Nozette also allegedly said that he would be willing to answer questions about this information in exchange for money. The UCE explained to Nozette that the Israeli intelligence agency, or "Mossad," would arrange for a communication system so that Nozette could pass information to the Mossad in a post office box. Nozette agreed to provide regular, continuing information to the UCE and asked for an Israeli passport
According to the affidavit, Nozette and the UCE met again on Sept. 4, 2009, in the same hotel. During the meeting, Nozette allegedly informed the UCE that, although he no longer had legal access to any classified information at a U.S. government facility, he could, nonetheless, recall the classified information to which he had been granted access, indicating that it was all still in his head. In the meeting, Nozette allegedly asked when he could expect to receive his first payment, specifying that he preferred to receive cash amounts "under ten thousand" so he didn’t have to report it. At the conclusion of this meeting, Nozette allegedly informed the UCE, "Well I should tell you my first need is that they should figure out how to pay me . . . they don't expect me to do this for free."
I think it's like I said, he did this for the cash not political affiliation.
I think it could have been the Vatican offering him money and he'd have taken it.
Silly man!
[edit on 19-10-2009 by kiwifoot]
