Top U.S. Scientist Arrested in FBI Sting Attempting to Sell Nuclear Secrets to Israel

[James H. Fetzer]

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7475&print=1

Top U.S. Scientist Arrested in FBI Sting Attempting to Sell Nuclear Secrets to Israel
Allegations mirror those long made by FBI translator / whistleblower Sibel Edmonds...

Posted By Brad Friedman On 19th October 2009 @ 16:23 In Sibel Edmonds, National Security, Mainstream Media Failure, Accountability, Dept. of Justice, FBI, Bush Legacy, Israel, Turkey | 7 Comments

This is, of course, the precise sort of thing which FBI linguist-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds has been alleging concerning both Turkish and Israeli interests for some time. In her case, she has testified under oath [1] to nearly-identical behavior by U.S. scientists, military personnel and academics at top-secret nuclear and military installations who are alleged to have done precisely what Stewart David Nozette has now been busted for, as reported today by AFP... [2]

A top American scientist who once worked for the Pentagon and the US space agency NASA was arrested Monday and charged with attempted spying for Israel, the Department of Justice said.
Stewart David Nozette, 52, developed an experiment that fueled the discovery of water on the south pole of the moon, and previously held special security clearance at the Department of Energy on atomic materials, the DOJ said.

He is charged with "attempted espionage for knowingly and willfully attempting to communicate, deliver, and transmit classified information relating to the national defense of the United States to an individual that Nozette believed to be an Israeli intelligence officer," the DOJ said.

Nozette had been dealing with an FBI undercover agent in a sting operation, the department said, adding there was no wrongdoing by Israel.
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"The conduct alleged in this complaint is serious and should serve as a warning to anyone who would consider compromising our nation's secrets for profit," said David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security.
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"From 1989 through 2006, Nozette held security clearances as high as top secret and had regular, frequent access to classified information and documents related to the US national defense," the Justice Department said.
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"In addition, Nozette allegedly offered to reveal additional classified information that directly concerned nuclear weaponry, military spacecraft or satellites, and other major weapons systems," DOJ said.

In addition to allegations against a network of moles said to be based at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities, Edmonds has also fingered current and former members of Congress [3], such as Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Stephen Solarz (D-NY) and Tom Lantos (D-CA, deceased), as well as high-ranking Pentagon and State Dept. officials such as Marc Grossman, Douglas Feith, Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, as having participated, via bribery and blackmail schemes, in related espionage with Turkish and Israeli interests.

Despite several high profile front-page features on all of this in the UK Sunday Times last year (here [4], here [5] and here [6]), Edmonds' recent sworn deposition [7] on these matters, a recent cover-story interview in American Conservative [8] magazine, and an 18-year FBI executive officer corroborating key elements [9] of her story and calling for a "Special Counsel" [10] to investigate and prosecute, the U.S. corporate mainstream media have failed to report on the Edmonds story at all since she was finally allowed to speak about these matters in August following seven years of gag orders from the Bush Administration's invocation of the so-called "State Secrets Privilege."

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[1] testified under oath: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374
[2] reported today by AFP...: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_scientist_charged_with_attempted_10192009.html
[3] current and former members of Congress: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7387
[4] here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3137695.ece
[5] here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3216737.ece
[6] here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3257725.ece
[7] Edmonds' recent sworn deposition: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374
[8] interview in American Conservative: http://amconmag.com/article/2009/nov/01/00006/
[9] corroborating key elements: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7439
[10] calling for a "Special Counsel": http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7449
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