Dec 30, 5:34 PM EST


Ex-Army engineer pleads guilty in NY to spy charge

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press Writer


NEW YORK (AP) -- An 85-year-old former Army mechanical engineer pleaded guilty to conspiracy Tuesday and admitted he passed classified documents to the Israelis in the 1970s and '80s.

Ben-ami Kadish told U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz he believed the government promised it would not seek a prison term when he is sentenced Feb. 13. Assistant U.S. Attorney Iris Lan said prosecutors promised only that they would not oppose or challenge a sentence that included no prison time.

Kadish, who lives in Monroe Township, N.J., pleaded guilty to only one of the four conspiracy charges he originally faced.

Kadish was accused of taking home classified documents from 1979 to 1985 when he worked at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover Township. The government said he let an Israeli agent photograph documents, including information about nuclear weapons, a modified version of an F-15 fighter jet and the U.S. Patriot missile air defense system.

Kadish was born in Connecticut but was raised in what is now Israel. He told the judge that he provided the documents for the benefit of Israel and did not receive or request anything of value for the classified documents.

Kadish said he supplied the documents to Yossi Yagur, the Israeli government agent who requested them.

Yagur, retired and living in Tel Aviv, is the same agent who obtained information from convicted Pentagon spy Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence for selling military secrets to Israel while working as an intelligence analyst for the Navy. Pollard's case damaged U.S.-Israeli relations and remains a sore point between the countries.

Outside court on Tuesday when Kadish was asked if he was hopeful the spy case was over, he said, "I hope so." His wife told him not to say any more.

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END of Associated Press Release

REPLY:

I have always documented the spy cases and
Jim, if you yourself don't make the connection
of how national security and military intelligence into the wrong hands does effect
the standing of troops inside the military,
then just Maybe the internet is too too deep
for you and just not for you.

We are NOT going to shy away from a story
that puts any asshole front and center
and that is exactly what this story does.
Veterans and troops need to know that their
backs are NOT always covered like the
propaganda says it is.

We are increasing the awareness of the
veterans community, that NOTHING is safe
anymore so it's every man for himself.

Now if you don't get the importance of
that, then shame on YOU.

What does this bullshit information have that will help veterans?
Focus on the job of helping veterans. I'm sure there are plenty of websites that will post things like that. It serves no purpose in helping veterans.