Report: US sailor spied for Israel

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"A US Navy sailor, Ariel J. Weinmann, is suspected of spying for Israel and has been held in prison for four months, according to an article published Monday in the Saudi daily Al-Watan. It reported that Weinmann is being held at a military base in Virginia on suspicion of espionage and desertion.

According to the navy, Weinmann was apprehended on March 26 "after it was learned that he had been listed as a deserter by his command." Though initial information released by the navy makes no mention of it, Al-Watan reported that he was returning from an undisclosed "foreign country." American sources close to the Defense Department told Al-Watan that Israel was the country in question.

"The US Navy concluded Article 32 proceedings in the case of Fire Control Technician Third Class Ariel J. Weinmann on July 26, 2006," Ted Brown, a media relations officer at the US Fleet Forces Command, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. The US Fleet Forces Command is the "convening authority of the case... and will make the decision with respect to what charges, if any, will be referred to a general court-martial."

The veracity of Al-Watan's claim that Weinmann is suspected of spying for Israel remains in question, and military and Pentagon spokesmen are remaining tightlipped. A public affairs officer at the Office of Naval Intelligence told the Post that he was unaware of the allegations against Weinmann."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525834949&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[Critters2]

1. self-delete for tactlessness

[chill_wind]

2. Hmmm. Nothing in any other MSM. Only the Jerusalem Post. nt

[MrPrax]

3. Longer Article

Details seem the same:

Sailor facing espionage charges for passing secrets

A sailor with access to sensitive data has been charged with spying..

Right now the suspect is sitting in the Norfolk brig.

As a fire control technician, Ariel Weinmann's job was to fire the navy's most sophisticated weapons, off of one of it's most heavily classified ships... The USS Albuquerque.. A Los Angeles class submarine...

According to the charges against him... While still stationed on board the sub... Weinmann tried to sell secret information to a foreign country in Bahrain. That was in march of 2005.

Two months later, investigators say he started copying confidential and secret information on board, possibly putting it on a navy laptop. This happened for two months. Then he and the computer allegedly disappeared.

WAVY-TV

He sounds like he was busy...Bahrain, Vienna, Mexico....

[chill_wind]

4. Thanks.

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