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US engineer arrested for spying US man held on Israel spy charge
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A US engineer has been arrested in New York on suspicion of giving secrets involving nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles to Israel in the 1980s. US authorities have arrested a military engineer on suspicion of giving secrets involving nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles to Israel in the 1980s.
Ben-Ami Kadish was detained for participating in a conspiracy to disclose documents related to national defence, the justice department said.Ben-Ami Kadish was detained for participating in a conspiracy to disclose documents related to national defence, the justice department said.
Mr Kadish is accused of passing such information to the Israeli consulate in Manhattan between 1980 and 1985. Mr Kadish worked at the army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Centre in New Jersey from 1979 to 1985.
He was an engineer at the US Army's Armament Research Centre at the time. He is accused of giving material to an Israeli consular official whilst there.
His handler has been named by justice officials as the former consul for Science Affairs at the Israeli Consulate General in Manhattan, reportedly the same person who dealt with Jonathan Jay Pollard, who is serving life in prison for spying for Israel.
Pollard passed thousands of documents to Israeli agents whilst working at the US defence department. He was convicted in 1985.