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Wed Aug-09-06 07:00 PM
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Jerusalem Post : report: US sailor spied for Israel |
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By DAVID KEYES 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
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JackNewtown
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:13 PM
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1. I saw one cable news channel report saying he spied for Russia nt |
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:15 PM
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I'm trying to remember now which one it was. CNN?
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:27 PM
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3. I think so, but I was also watching MSNBC a bit nt |
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:59 PM
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6. this makes you wonder, doesn't it? |
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Wed Aug-09-06 07:46 PM
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5. So who are we to believe? |
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CNN or the Jerusalem Post?
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