Different Strokes
Posted on December 31st, 2008
by Philip Giraldi |
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Readers of my columns in TAC and at antiwar might recall that I have been inquiring about the status of Israeli spy Ben-Ami Kadish, who was arrested in April and has since fallen into a black hole, with no record of any continuing judicial process and no mention in the MSM. I suggested that those who spy for Israel appear to have a “get out of jail free” card as there is seldom any aggressive prosecution of their cases. I have recently learned that Kadish, who is free on bail in spite of the considerable risk that he would flee to Israel, had been granted a number of delays by the presiding judge. Yesterday he appeared in court and pleaded guilty to the single charge of failing to register as an agent of Israel. The charges of espionage and obstruction of justice were dismissed and the prosecution has indicated that it will not oppose a no-prison time punishment when Kadish is actually sentenced next month. Kadish’s lawyer expressed his pleasure with the outcome and added “…we hope that Mr. Kadish can go on and spend the golden years of his life with his lovely wife, Doris.” Kadish personally wished everyone a happy new year as he left the courtroom. Kadish has admitted that he provided hundreds of classified documents relating to American ballistic technology to Israel while he was employed as an engineer at New Jersey’s Pickatinny Arsenal.
The Wash Post reported the story and also another one relating to Iraqi-born Maryland resident Mouyad Mahmoud Darwish, who was arrested on December 24th. Darwish allegedly provided information to Saddam Hussein’s government in 2000 while working “as a restaurant cook in Laurel and doing odd jobs at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington.” He has not been granted bail and faces five years in prison if convicted. It was not clear what information he provided to Saddam given his access as a cook in suburban Maryland.
Duh?
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I suppose if Henry Wallace had been elected President, and stayed around long enough, the Rosenbergs and Hiss would have gotten similar treatment; breaking the law to aid an “ally” and all that you see. The lack of outrage by the press, including FOX, is breathtaking. It’s conceivable that some of the technology Kadish passed on is being used to kill Gazans as we speak. Or, for a price, like F16 technology, it might have been passed on to the Chinese for eventual use against us.
I have to disagree about the danger of flight to Israel. If a favorable result weren’t already assured, Kadish would have been spirited to some neutral, Israel friendly spot like the Turkish sector of Cyprus to live out “his golden years” with Doris.
Local NJ paper The Bergen Record reported the story in their 12/30 print edition as well as online on 12/31. It does not say anything about the espionage charges being dropped. Is there any explanation on why they would be?
http://www.northjersey.com/news/crimeandcourts/36917794.html
Peter - there are more complete accounts of the hearing in the NYT and Wash Post. Both indicated that the additional charges had been dropped and that Kadish would not have to do jail time. They provided no reasons, nor did the prosecutors or presiding judge.
For a country that is supposedly our friend and ally Israel sure does a lot of spying in this country. It is not enough that we essentially subsidize their country, including their military, and provide them, at the expense of the US taxpayer, with the most modern military technology to kill poor Palestinians. The other thing worth pondering is how many of the recent neo-conservative figures and in the Pentagon, AIPAC, and elsewhere in DC have aided and abetted Israeli intelligence in their spying and theft of information.