Announcement

Collapse

Forum Rules (Everyone Must Read!!!)

1] What you CAN NOT post.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is:
- abusive
- vulgar
- hateful
- harassing
- personal attacks
- obscene

You also may not:
- post images that are too large (max is 500*500px)
- post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or cited properly.
- post in UPPER CASE, which is considered yelling
- post messages which insult the Armenians, Armenian culture, traditions, etc
- post racist or other intentionally insensitive material that insults or attacks another culture (including Turks)

The Ankap thread is excluded from the strict rules because that place is more relaxed and you can vent and engage in light insults and humor. Notice it's not a blank ticket, but just a place to vent. If you go into the Ankap thread, you enter at your own risk of being clowned on.
What you PROBABLY SHOULD NOT post...
Do not post information that you will regret putting out in public. This site comes up on Google, is cached, and all of that, so be aware of that as you post. Do not ask the staff to go through and delete things that you regret making available on the web for all to see because we will not do it. Think before you post!


2] Use descriptive subject lines & research your post. This means use the SEARCH.

This reduces the chances of double-posting and it also makes it easier for people to see what they do/don't want to read. Using the search function will identify existing threads on the topic so we do not have multiple threads on the same topic.

3] Keep the focus.

Each forum has a focus on a certain topic. Questions outside the scope of a certain forum will either be moved to the appropriate forum, closed, or simply be deleted. Please post your topic in the most appropriate forum. Users that keep doing this will be warned, then banned.

4] Behave as you would in a public location.

This forum is no different than a public place. Behave yourself and act like a decent human being (i.e. be respectful). If you're unable to do so, you're not welcome here and will be made to leave.

5] Respect the authority of moderators/admins.

Public discussions of moderator/admin actions are not allowed on the forum. It is also prohibited to protest moderator actions in titles, avatars, and signatures. If you don't like something that a moderator did, PM or email the moderator and try your best to resolve the problem or difference in private.

6] Promotion of sites or products is not permitted.

Advertisements are not allowed in this venue. No blatant advertising or solicitations of or for business is prohibited.
This includes, but not limited to, personal resumes and links to products or
services with which the poster is affiliated, whether or not a fee is charged
for the product or service. Spamming, in which a user posts the same message repeatedly, is also prohibited.

7] We retain the right to remove any posts and/or Members for any reason, without prior notice.


- PLEASE READ -

Members are welcome to read posts and though we encourage your active participation in the forum, it is not required. If you do participate by posting, however, we expect that on the whole you contribute something to the forum. This means that the bulk of your posts should not be in "fun" threads (e.g. Ankap, Keep & Kill, This or That, etc.). Further, while occasionally it is appropriate to simply voice your agreement or approval, not all of your posts should be of this variety: "LOL Member213!" "I agree."
If it is evident that a member is simply posting for the sake of posting, they will be removed.


8] These Rules & Guidelines may be amended at any time. (last update September 17, 2009)

If you believe an individual is repeatedly breaking the rules, please report to admin/moderator.
See more
See less

Ex-Army Engineer Pleads Guilty to Spying for Israel

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Ex-Army Engineer Pleads Guilty to Spying for Israel


    Ben-Ami Kadish, now 85, left the federal courthouse in Manhattan in April. (Photo: Cary Conover for The New York Times)


    Ex-Army Engineer Pleads Guilty to Spying for Israel


    December 30, 2008, 1:42 pm

    By Alison Leigh Cowan AND Sewell Chan

    Ben-Ami Kadish, an 85-year-old former Army engineer in New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to spying for Israel by leaking secret documents about nuclear arms, missiles and fighter jets to the Israeli government during the 1980s.

    Pleading guilty to one count of participating in a conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent for Israel, Mr. Kadish admitted that from about 1980 to 1985, he provided numerous classified documents, including information about missile systems, to Yosef Yagur, a science adviser at the Israeli consulate in New York, who photographed the documents in Mr. Kadish’s home. At the time, Mr. Kadish worked as a mechanical engineer at the Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N.J.

    In his guilty plea, Mr. Kadish said that Mr. Yagur, via telephone calls from the Bronx, had asked him to obtain classified military documents, including documents related to missile defense systems. Mr. Kadish admitted that he obtained the documents from the arsenal’s library. The guilty plea states that Mr. Kadish “did not ask for, nor did he receive, anything of value for the classified documents,” which he provided “for the benefit of Israel.”

    After he pleaded guilty, Mr. Kadish, who wore a hearing aid and was allowed to sit during the proceeding, thanked the court and added, “I want to wish you all a happy new year.” After that, his wife handed him his hat and warned him not to speak with any reporters. Mr. Kadish then shook the hands of the prosecutors.

    Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz entered Mr. Kadish’s plea in United States District Court in Manhattan. Sentencing was scheduled for Feb. 13 before Judge William H. Pauley.

    Mr. Kadish faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, but he could face only a few months in jail or even no jail time under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

    When Mr. Kadish was arrested and charged in April, the case stunned his neighbors in their quiet retirement community of Monroe Township, N.J., about an hour southwest of New York City. Mr. Kadish was active in the community, organizing hospital visits and prayers for the dead, advising acquaintances on how to buy Israel bonds, serving meals on wheels and persuading the condominium association to let him build a Sukkot hut in his yard each autumn. In his spare time, he tracked down 500 relatives and posted a family tree to a genealogy Web site.

    Mr. Kadish’s case was linked with that of Jonathan Jay Pollard, the former naval analyst serving a life sentence for leaking documents to Israel around the same time. Mr. Yagur, who is known as Yossi, also received information from Mr. Pollard. At first, Mr. Yagur was not named publicly as the Israeli agent who photographed the documents at Mr. Kadish’s home, but on Tuesday, federal authorities identified him by name as the agent.

    The Pollard case has long been a contentious issue between the United States and Israel, whose leaders have argued for his release — a proposal that has been repeatedly rebuffed by American officials.

    The prosecution of Mr. Kadish was handled by Iris Lan, an assistant United States attorney in Manhattan, and Kathleen M. Kedian, a trial lawyer from the counterespionage section of the Justice Department.

    Link

  • #2
    I doubt this mattered, known for a while that the Israeli government is kind of a branch of the us government as they basically share foreign policy and everything.

    Comment

    Working...
    X