Report: US sailor spied for Israel (Petty Officer held for 4 months)

[RamboLiberal]

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

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.

[Scurrilous]

1. Navy says sailor in brig stole laptop, gave out classified info

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"After refusing to release full details on a pending espionage case involving a petty officer held in the Norfolk brig, the Navy on Tuesday provided some specifics about the charges.

The Navy's charges depict Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann as a sailor who stole a Navy laptop computer, deserted his ship for more than eight months and traveled the globe, both attempting to give and actually delivering classified defense information to an undisclosed foreign government.

Weinmann, a fire control technician previously assigned to the submarine Albuquerque, had an Article 32 hearing July 26 in Norfolk, said Ted Brown, a spokesman for the Navy's Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk.

Brown said Weinmann is represented by two Navy attorneys, Lt. Cmdr. Karen Somers and Lt. William Tansey.

"At this point in the proceedings, it is not in my client's best interest to comment on the case," Somers said Tuesday through a spokeswoman."

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[AlamoDemoc]

2. Someone else mistook Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann

nothing to see here, move along.....

[Tight_rope]

6. You are so right....Moving along!

[atreides1]

3. Another Pollard

More loyal to Israel then to the United States. A fine upstanding American.

[RedG1]

4. err...let's give him a pass...

it's Israel yanno (so it's okay) <groan>

[maddezmom]

5. updated link here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2446144