How Many Israeli Spies Need to be Caught Before Israel Stops Being An Ally?
I think the headline is a good question and I invite anyone who has the answer to respond. Here's a list of the most recent/well-known captures (that
we know about) and direct attacks on our own intelligence agents by Israelis. Ask yourself if a country like Iran or North Korea could possibly get
away with a fraction of these.
Prior to 9/11, the FBI had discovered the presence of a massive spy ring, involving hundreds of spies, inside the United States run by the
government of Israel. This seems a harsh gratitude from a nation which obtains 10% of its annual budget from the American taxpayer, $3+ billion a
year. Over the years, American taxpayers have been required to send Israel more than four times what the US spent to go to the
moon.Source
10/19/09 - A former U.S. government scientist who served in sensitive positions on classified aerospace projects has been arrested and charged with
trying to deliver classified information to someone he thought was an Israeli intelligence official. David Nozette of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was taken
into custody Monday by counterespionage agents of the FBI, and was expected to appear in a federal courtroom in Washington on Tuesday. The criminal
complaint does not accuse the government of Israel with any violations of U.S. law. (Of Course Not!)
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12/30/08 - Ben-Ami Kadish, an 85-year-old former U.S. Army employee pleaded guilty on Tuesday to acting as an unregistered agent of Israel and
admitted he gave classified documents to the Jewish state in the 1980s. He provided classified documents, including some relating to U.S. missile
defense systems, to an Israeli agent. Kadish used his security clearance to borrow 50 to 100 classified documents, including some "concerning nuclear
weaponry" and others relating to a modified version of an F-15 fighter jet.
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2004 Two Israelis try to enter Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, home to eight Trident submarines. The truck tests positive for explosives.
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2004 Police near the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Tennessee stop a truck after a three mile chase, during which the driver throws a bottle
containing a strange liquid from the cab. The drivers turn out to be Israelis using fake IDs. The FBI refuses to investigate and the Israelis are
released.
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2003 The Police Chief of Cloudcroft stops a truck speeding through a school zone. The drivers turn out to be Israelis with expired passports. Claiming
to be movers, the truck contains junk furniture and several boxes. The Israelis are handed over to immigration. The contents of the boxers are not
revealed to the public.
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2003 Israel deploys assassination squads into other countries, including the United States. The US Government does not
protest.
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2002 The DEA issues a report that Israeli spies, posing as art students, have been trying to penetrate US Government offices.
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2002 police near the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in southern Washington State stop a suspicious truck and detain two Israelis, one of whom is
illegally in the United States. The two men were driving at high speed in a Ryder rental truck, which they claimed had been used to "deliver
furniture." The next day, police discovered traces of TNT and RDX military-grade plastic explosives inside the passenger cabin and on the steering
wheel of the vehicle. The FBI then announces that the tests that showed explosives were “false positived” by cigarette smoke, a claim test experts
say is ridiculous. Based on an alibi provided by a woman, the case is closed and the Israelis are handed over to INS to be sent back to Israel. One
week later, the woman who provided the alibi vanishes.
2001 - In November, 2001, Fox News aired a four part series, about a newly discovered “massive” Israeli spying operation inside the US.
* In early 1997, an Army mechanical engineer, David A. Tenenbaum, told investigators that he "inadvertently" gave classified military information on
missile systems and armored vehicles to Israeli officials (New York Times, 2/20/97).
* In 1992, the Wall Street Journal reported that Israeli agents apparently tried to steal Recon Optical Inc's top-secret airborne spy-camera system.
(1/17/92, Edward T. Pound and David Rogers).
* April 24, 1987 Wall Street Journal headline: "Role of Israel in Iran-Contra Scandal Won't be Explored in Detail by Panels"
* 1986 - Jonathon Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, is currently serving life in prison term after pleading guilty to spying for
Israel in 1986.
* In 1985 Richard Smyth, the owner of MILCO was indicted on charges of smuggling nuclear timing devices to Israel (Washington Post, 10/31/86).
* In 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty, an intelligence gathering vessel flying a US flag, killing 34 crew members. See "Assault on the
Liberty," by James M. Ennes, Jr. (Random House).
* In 1965, Israel apparently illegally obtained enriched uranium from NUMEC corporation. (Washington Post, 6/5/86, Charles R. Babcock, "US an
Intelligence Target of the Israelis, Officials Say.")
* "The Lavon Affair": In 1954, Israeli agents attacked Western targets in Egypt in an apparent attempt to upset US-Egyptian relations. Israeli
defense minister Pinchas Lavon was removed from office, though many think real responsibility lay with David Ben-Gurion.
[edit on 19-10-2009 by andrewh7]