Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Top U.S. Scientist Arrested in FBI Sting Attempting to Sell Nuclear Secrets to Israel
Top U.S. Scientist Arrested in FBI Sting Attempting to Sell Nuclear Secrets to Israel
This is, of course, the precise sort of thing which FBI linguist-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds has been alleging concerning both Turkish and Israeli interests for some time.
In addition to allegations against a network of moles said to be based at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities, Edmonds has also fingered current and former members of Congress, such as Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Stephen Solarz (D-NY) and Tom Lantos (D-CA, deceased), as well as high-ranking Pentagon and State Dept. officials such as Marc Grossman, Douglas Feith, Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, as having participated, via bribery and blackmail schemes, in related espionage with Turkish and Israeli interests.
IMO: There is always a slight worry that US is regressing to a Joe MaCarthy era, but disclosures seem fair enough so far. We keenly look forward to more disclosures. It is quite possible that some disclosures will involve persons with conscience and merit. This will matter, at least to the international community. Perhaps we are caught between the cheap sensationalism of the Murdoch outlets like Fox News (and from time to time UK papers like the absurd "Sun" and the occasionally Alzheimerslike "UK Times") and the possibility of giving the views of the many worthless timeserving academics in the US and UK undue support. Thank God for Bloggers.
This is, of course, the precise sort of thing which FBI linguist-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds has been alleging concerning both Turkish and Israeli interests for some time.
In addition to allegations against a network of moles said to be based at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities, Edmonds has also fingered current and former members of Congress, such as Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Stephen Solarz (D-NY) and Tom Lantos (D-CA, deceased), as well as high-ranking Pentagon and State Dept. officials such as Marc Grossman, Douglas Feith, Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, as having participated, via bribery and blackmail schemes, in related espionage with Turkish and Israeli interests.
IMO: There is always a slight worry that US is regressing to a Joe MaCarthy era, but disclosures seem fair enough so far. We keenly look forward to more disclosures. It is quite possible that some disclosures will involve persons with conscience and merit. This will matter, at least to the international community. Perhaps we are caught between the cheap sensationalism of the Murdoch outlets like Fox News (and from time to time UK papers like the absurd "Sun" and the occasionally Alzheimerslike "UK Times") and the possibility of giving the views of the many worthless timeserving academics in the US and UK undue support. Thank God for Bloggers.
# posted by uv : 5:29 AM
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