Again, a country that was supposed to be giving the information to its ally anyway. If you know that I have information that I'm supposed to give you, information that can save your life and I'm holding it back, your going to be pissed. Your either going to yell at me or try and steal the information. We are talking your life here. Neither I nor anyone outside of certain government agencies really know what he stole. It's all top secret and even his lawyers are bared from knowing (which brings up all sorts of legal questions). Should he have done it? No. Should America have given Israel the information in the first place? Yes. Should his plea bargain have been illegally dismissed after it was accepted? No. The whole case is a mess for both the American legal system (he never had a trial) and for the governments involved. BTW, treason is giving secrets to an enemy power. He never did that so could not be tried for that.
> But you neglected to mention that he was giving US encryption secrets to a foreign >country, not just information about the nuclear > site, enabling a foreign country to decrypt coded messages that may or may not have >been top secret. At any rate, I think that the > real question is "why are some spies given lighter sentences?" rather than why his >is so harsh. I think that, in general, spies are > treated far less severely than ever before - treason used to be punishable by death. > > Howie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: o .. m .. g > > > > A spy for a friendly country retrieving information held back against treaty is >still a spy. But why is he still in the hardest > jail around for 17 years when real spys for enemy countries get out in less than 5? > > > > > A spy is a spy, good intentions aside. He deserved to go to jail... > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
