Ben-ami Kadish

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Ben-ami Kadish is a former U.S. Army mechanical engineer. He was arrested in April 2008 and charged with four counts of conspiracy. The charges allege that Kadish passed classified documents to the government of Israel[1].

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[edit] Early life

Kadish was born in Connecticut and is a U.S. citizen. He grew up in what was the British Mandate of Palestine and fought with the Haganah. He also served in both the British and American military during World War II

He currently resides with his wife Dorris in a Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey retirement community[2].

[edit] Conspiracy charges

Kadish was employed as a mechanical engineer by the United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey from October 1963 to January 1990. The charges allege that Kadish conspired to disclose national defense-related documents to Israel and worked as agent of the Israeli government from 1979 to 1985. Specifically, the government says that Kadish took classified documents to his handler's home in Riverdale, Bronx several times (including information about nuclear weapons, a modified F-15 fighter, and the Patriot missiles) and let an unnamed Israeli government worker take photographs of them.[3]

The Israeli worker, identified in the charges only as "Co-conspirator 1" ("CC-1"), is allegedly the handler is an Israeli citizen who was employed by the defense contractor Israeli Aircraft Industries in Israel in the 1970s before consul for science affairs at the Israeli Consulate General in Manhattan from July 1980 through November 1985. Navy civilian intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard was charged and convicted in connection with espionage after providing information to the same Israeli worker.

Yagur (Kadish's case worker)[4] , along with his Washington, D.C.-based counterpart Ilan Ravid, was recalled by Israel in November 1985 and has not returned to the United States. The government alleges Kadish kept in contact with the Yagur until last month, when Yagur instructed Kadish to lie to investigators.

Kadish was charged with four counts: one count of conspiring to disclose documents related to the national defense of the United States to the Government of Israel; one count of conspiring to act as an agent of the Government of Israel; one count of conspiring to hinder a communication to a law enforcement officer; and one count of conspiring to make a materially false statement to a law enforcement officer.

When he retired in January 1990, Kadish was a a supervisory engineer in the Fuze Division of the Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center. He is described as "an elderly widower in failing health" [5].

Kadish is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Douglas F. Eaton.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation New York Division - Press Release 2008 - Department of Justice
  2. ^ NJ Jewish News | Ponds couple marks holiday with guests and giving
  3. ^ via Associated Press. "Feds: Ex-Army engineer slipped secrets to Israel", The Record (Bergen County), April 22, 2008. Accessed May 8, 2008.
  4. ^ Israeli Spy Case Will Name More Spies
  5. ^ ABC News: American Accused of Spying for Israel

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