Just another smokescreen. --- While he was being investigated for fraud, Nozette told a friend he would be willing to work for the Mossad. This information, along with the fact that he was a consultant to the IAI, led the FBI to suspect Nozette of being a Mossad agent, or at least psychologically ready to be one. So a sting operation was set up. An FBI agent pretending to be a Mossad agent met with Nozette and asked him for information. Nozette reportedly agreed, supplied information and received $11,000. These contacts were documented.
On Jun 11, 11:10 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > High jacking the use (actually co-use) of the signal (public property) > from the "eye in the sky" is hardly on par with actual terrorism. If > anything it is simple theft of services. > > Further IAI owns the four factories in Israel that produce satellites > and space platforms... Funny that the ACTUAL developer would be > accused of having the info and access. Just another smokescreen. > > On Jun 11, 9:39 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Headley’s attacks are not the only ones cited by Feinstein and > > Clapper. Feinstein also cited the case of Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan > > immigrant to the U.S. who plotted to blow up the New York subway in > > 2009. > > --- > > of course she's going to use muzzy terrorists to defend data > > collection. > > she wouldn't use this: > > > New documents presented in federal court in Washington, D.C. reveal > > deep ties between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Dr. Stewart > > David Nozette, an American astronomer accused of spying for Israel. > > > Two attorneys in the counterespionage unit of the U.S. Department's of > > Justice National Security division, Deborah Curtis and Heather > > Schmidt, presented documents found on the scientist's computer. One > > document, titled "Proposed Operations for 2005-2006," referred to the > > need to carry out "a penetration of NASA," the U.S. space agency. > > > Another document, according to the prosecution, shows Nozette > > attempted to obtain highly confidential material by using his high- > > level security clearance and infiltrating other people's computers. > > > Other documents mention the names of Yossi Weiss and Yossi Fishman. > > Weiss is a former project manager and today the deputy CEO of IAI and > > head of the company's missile and space division. Fishman was the > > IAI's representative in the U.S. and is today the CEO of ODF > > Optronics. > > > Fishman told Haaretz he knew Nozette the way he knew other Americans > > employed by the IAI at the time as consultants. "We did not engage in > > any kind of spying activity or information gathering, perish the > > thought. The relationship was business as usual." > > > The IAI is not mentioned specifically by name in the documents. It is > > referred to as a foreign company or as a space company owned by the > > Israeli government." Background talks with administration officials > > indicate the references are indeed to IAI. > > > Unreported visits > > > The indictment and the documents indicate that Nozette was employed > > for nine years as an IAI consultant. Versions vary as to how much he > > was paid, from $170,000 to $225,000. His direct superior was Israel > > Aircraft Industries International, a U.S.-registered company. > > > The FBI searched Nozette's home and computer and found additional > > proof of his connection to Israel. He visited here several times, but > > did not report this - as is required by his high security clearance. > > The FBI confiscated letters he wrote to Israelis, reports he forwarded > > to the IAI, a map of Israel, photos of assorted places in Israel, a > > Hebrew-language catalog of archaeological artifacts and other items. > > > Nozette, 52, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was arrested after FBI > > surveillance that included wiretapping and undercover photography. The > > operation followed the former astronomer's interrogation on suspicion > > of tax evasion and defrauding the U.S. government. Nozette worked out > > plea bargain with the Justice Department; he admitted to fraud and > > accepted a sentence of up to three years in jail, plus a fine of > > $265,000. His jail term would have started in November, but he was > > arrested on the new and more serious charge of espionage. > > > Nozette, who was born in Chicago, has Jewish parents but there is no > > evidence he ever went to synagogue or Jewish community centers. His > > neighbors said he was "a Zionist" but without evidence attesting to > > this. From a young age, his interest was science. He studied at the > > University of Arizona and earned a doctorate from the Massachusetts > > Institute of Technology. Immediately, in 1983, he went to work for > > U.S. agencies, including NASA, the Pentagon and the Lawrence Livermore > > National Laboratory near San Francisco, which focuses on nuclear > > weapons. By virtue of these positions, he enjoyed a very high security > > clearance. One of the important studies he participated in found water > > at the Moon's southern pole. Nozette subsequently left government work > > and set up a private company as a consultant to firms in India and the > > IAI. The latter continues to refuse, vehemently, to address this > > embarrassing episode, which apparently has not done damage to the > > company. > > > Nozette was not the only person employed by the company as a > > consultant. Over the years, the IAI as well as other Israeli defense- > > related industries operating in the U.S., such as Elbit and Rafael, > > hired as consultants dozens of Americans, mainly retired former army > > officers and senior officials. > > > Today as well, the IAI and its subsidiaries in the U.S. continue to do > > business there and to cultivate ties. It is rather clear to them, and > > this is indeed fairly routine business practice, that to obtain > > contracts and win grants from the U.S. administration, doors must be > > opened. For that, people with connections are needed to open those > > doors. This was one of Nozette's assignments. Against this backdrop he > > apparently tried (among other things) to help the "penetration" of > > NASA. IAI, which produces space missile launchers, satellites and > > other space technologies, hoped to win contracts and development > > grants and enter joint ventures. > > > While he was being investigated for fraud, Nozette told a friend he > > would be willing to work for the Mossad. This information, along with > > the fact that he was a consultant to the IAI, led the FBI to suspect > > Nozette of being a Mossad agent, or at least psychologically ready to > > be one. So a sting operation was set up. An FBI agent pretending to be > > a Mossad agent met with Nozette and asked him for information. Nozette > > reportedly agreed, supplied information and received $11,000. These > > contacts were documented. > > > The indictment does not mention Israel nor has the administration made > > any complaints. Nevertheless Israel since its establishment > > systematically conducted spying missions on U.S. soil - for around a > > quarter of a century. Primarily, it was nuclear and technological- > > military spying. > > > On Jun 11, 6:34 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Monday, Jun 10, 2013What spying apologists don’t tell you about “thwarted > > > plots”Defenders of the government's spying programs claim they're > > > stopping massive attacks. Here's the real storyBy Marcy Wheeler > > > Listen to defenders of the U.S. government’s recentlyrevealeddata > > > collection practices, and you’re likely to hear claims about terrorist > > > plots these sweeping activities have purportedly stopped. > > > Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., > > > explained onABC’s “This Week”Sunday that in one of the signature uses of > > > the dragnet collection of every American’s phone records, the NSA managed > > > to track one of our own informants, David Headley, as he helped Islamic > > > terrorists plan attacks. She did not mention that it did nothing to > > > prevent the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, which killed 166 and in > > > which Headley had a role in planning. > > > Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the effort to > > > track Headley – which did manage to thwart Headley’s 2009 plans to attack > > > a Danish newspaper – a success, in aninterview with Andrea Mitchell. Such > > > is the value of these programs, it appears, that top proponents of the > > > program celebrate the tracking of a DEA informant gone bad as their main > > > talking point. > > > “U.S. officials say Headley simply slipped through the cracks,”ProPublica > > > reportedearlier this year in a blockbuster story on Headley. ProPublica > > > describes competing claims about when the Drug Enforcement Agency, which > > > first recruited Headley in 1997, stopped using him as an informant; DEA > > > insists he was deactivated in 2002, while other sources say he remained a > > > U.S. informant through 2005. What’s clear is that Headley spent the > > > subsequent years leading up to the 2008 Mumbai attack traveling form > > > Pakistan to India, casing out the terror plot. > > > Multiple warnings to the Indian government perhaps based on the > > > intelligence now being touted failed to prevent the attack. “U.S. > > > officials learned enough about his activities to become concerned, > > > monitor him intermittently and pick up fragments of intelligence that > > > contributed to the warnings to India,” reported ProPublica. At the time > > > of the attack, Headley had returned safely to Lahore, Pakistan, and he > > > even traveled between there, Chicago and Europe thereafter, planning > > > another plot. In October 2009, the FBI arrested Headley in Chicago as he > > > traveled to Pakistan to hand off intelligence for an attack on Denmark. > > > Before we start celebrating our finding an informant-turned-terrorist we > > > lost as one of the successes that makes massive spying worthwhile, > > > shouldn’t we first get an explanation for how our intelligence agencies > > > lost track of Headley in the first place? > > > The flood of missed warnings about Headley’s increasing ties with Islamic > > > terroristsdid lead to an investigationled by DNI Clapper’s office in > > > 2010, but the results of it have not been made public. Yet the > > > embarrassment of having a former American informant play a key role in > > > one of the biggest attacks since 9/11 doesn’t seem to have prevented > > > Clapper and Feinstein from boasting of NSA’s success in his case. > > > Headley’s attacks are not the only ones cited by Feinstein and Clapper. > > > Feinstein also cited the case of Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan immigrant to > > > the U.S. who plotted to blow up the New York subway in > > ... > > read more » -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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