-- More ...
"Mattysse said he had ``not decided yet'' how long he would stay
in Israel."
-- He's AWOL!
"Michael Kleiner, a right-wing legislator, compared Mattysse to
Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst
sentenced to life in prison in the United States for selling
secrets to Israel.
``Hundreds of Israeli soldiers are in the United States who fled
the army, no one arrested them,'' Kleiner said."
-- Tick tick tick ...
- - -
Monday August 21 8:28 PM ET
AWOL Lt. in Israel: 'I'm Not a Spy'
By JASMINA KELEMEN, Associated Press Writer
PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) - A U.S. Army Reserve intelligence
officer who alarmed the American military when he went AWOL
turned up Monday in Israel, saying he hasn't revealed any
government secrets.
Lt. Col. Jeremiah Mattysse met with U.S. diplomats and Israeli
police for more than three hours on the understanding he was free
to go when he wants.
``I'm not a spy,'' Mattysse told reporters after leaving Israel's
international crimes unit in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva.
``There's been many things said about me which aren't true. I
didn't give any classified information to anyone.''
Mattysse said he had ``not decided yet'' how long he would stay
in Israel. He left the station in a police car, not saying where
he was headed.
American military officials said they're especially concerned
about Mattysse's absence because of his background in U.S.
intelligence.
Joseph Hanley, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Reserve Command in
Atlanta, said last week that it would be logical for an
investigation to include ensuring that nothing was missing from
offices where Mattysse worked.
Police located Mattysse, 50, at a youth hostel in Mitzpeh Ramon,
a desert town famed for its crater and its hippie culture. He
wore the knitted skullcap typical of Orthodox Jews and a T-shirt
with a floral motif.
Police emphasized that he was cooperating of his own free will.
Israel has no provision for arresting someone who deserts a
foreign army.
Until February, Mattysse commanded the Army Reserve Intelligence
Support Center at Camp Bullis in San Antonio, Texas, as a
full-time reserve officer. The unit's primary mission was to
train reservists in intelligence work. Mattysse failed to report
to duty on Aug. 8 after a vacation, making him AWOL, or absent
without leave.
Mattysse was reassigned to the 90th Reserve Support Group in San
Antonio earlier this year after an investigation began into his
wife's allegations that he had an extramarital affair. The San
Antonio Express-News reported that his wife, Vanda Mattysse,
filed a divorce complaint March 7 in Virginia.
Rivka Artzi-Nir, a woman who lives in Israel and identified
herself as Mattysse's girlfriend, has told Israeli newspapers he
had become devoted to helping Israel since he converted to
Judaism 10 years ago.
Artzi-Nir went to the police station, but said police told her
Mattysse had no interest in seeing her and denied a relationship
with her. Artzi-Nir, 48, has said Mattysse sent her classified
material through the mail. She showed reporters a photo of the
two sitting on a porch, arms linked.
Lawyer Yoram Sheftel, who successfully defended Cleveland
autoworker John Demjanjuk against charges he committed crimes
against humanity while serving as a World War II concentration
camp guard, said he was ready to defend Mattysse and accused
police of kowtowing to American interests.
Michael Kleiner, a right-wing legislator, compared Mattysse to
Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst
sentenced to life in prison in the United States for selling
secrets to Israel.
``Hundreds of Israeli soldiers are in the United States who fled
the army, no one arrested them,'' Kleiner said.
The police could deport Mattysse once his tourist visa runs out,
but as a Jew Mattysse would be eligible for automatic
citizenship. Interior Ministry officials said Mattysse has asked
to immigrate to Israel.
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