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Mon 23 Nov, 2009 04:38 am
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Scientist Held as Israeli Spy in FBI Sting
The Times (Britain)
An American astrophysicist with top-level nuclear security clearances appeared in court yesterday after being arrested in an FBI sting and charged with trying to sell secrets to Israel. Stewart Nozette, who helped to discover water on the Moon and spent six years at a top-secret defence technology agency, was lured into a trap by federal agents. They posed as Israeli intelligence operatives who met him at a Washington hotel and agreed to pay him cash for classified papers. "I don't get recruited by Mossad every day," Mr Nozette allegedly said, according to wiretaps. "I knew this day would come. I just had a feeling."