U.S. arrests Ex-NASA scientist charged with spying for “Israel”
Source: Hizbollah Site Staff, 20-10-2009
Ex-NASA scientist was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent posing as an "Israeli" intelligence officer.
The Justice Department said Stewart David Nozette, 52, of suburban Chevy Chase, Maryland, was charged with "attempted espionage for knowingly and wilfully attempting to communicate, deliver, and transmit classified information relating to the national defence of the USA to an individual that Nozette believed to be an "Israeli "intelligence officer."
Nozette could make his first court appearance Tuesday on the charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Nozette had worked in varying jobs for the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space and in the National Space Council in the president's office in 1989 and 1990.
He also held top offices at the Alliance for Competitive technology, a non-profit corporation that he organized in March 1990. Between January 2000 and February 2006, Nozette, through his company, had several agreements to develop advanced technology for the U.S. government.
Ex-NASA scientist was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent posing as an "Israeli" intelligence officer.
The Justice Department said Stewart David Nozette, 52, of suburban Chevy Chase, Maryland, was charged with "attempted espionage for knowingly and wilfully attempting to communicate, deliver, and transmit classified information relating to the national defence of the USA to an individual that Nozette believed to be an "Israeli "intelligence officer."
Nozette could make his first court appearance Tuesday on the charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Nozette had worked in varying jobs for the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space and in the National Space Council in the president's office in 1989 and 1990.
He also held top offices at the Alliance for Competitive technology, a non-profit corporation that he organized in March 1990. Between January 2000 and February 2006, Nozette, through his company, had several agreements to develop advanced technology for the U.S. government.
He answered questions about US secret and top secret information in exchange for money, including additional classified information that directly concerned nuclear weaponry, military spacecraft or satellites, and other major weapons systems, the US Justice Department said.
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