As tensions with Iran increase, sources in the counterintelligence community report that Israeli agents have become more aggressive in targeting Muslims living
in the United States as well as in operating against critics. There have
been a number of cases reported to the FBI about Mossad officers who
have approached leaders in Arab-American communities and have falsely
represented themselves as “U.S. intelligence.” Because few Muslims would
assist an Israeli, this is done to increase the likelihood that the
target will cooperate. It’s referred to as a “false flag” operation.

Mossad officers sought to recruit Arab-Americans as sources willing to inform on their associates and neighbors. The approaches, which took place in New York
and New Jersey, were reportedly handled clumsily, making the targets of
the operation suspicious. These Arab-Americans turned down the requests
for cooperation, and some of the contacts were eventually reported to
the FBI, which has determined that at least two of the Mossad officers
are, ironically, Israeli Arabs operating out of Israel’s mission to the
United Nations in New York under cover as consular assistants.

In another bizarre case, U.S.S. Liberty survivor Phil Tourney was recently accosted in Southern California by a foreigner who eventually identified himself as an Israeli government
representative. Tourney was taunted, and the Israeli threatened both him
and journalist Mark Glenn, who has been reporting on the Liberty
story. Tourney was approached in a hotel lounge, and it is not
completely clear how the Israeli was able to identify him. But he knew
exactly who Tourney was, as the official referred to the Liberty,
saying that the people who had been killed on board had gotten what
they deserved. There were a number of witnesses to the incident,
including Tourney’s wife. The threat has been reported to the FBI, which
is investigating, but Tourney and Glenn believe that the incident is
not being taken seriously by the bureau.

FBI sources indicate that the increase in Mossad activity is a major problem, particularly when Israelis are posing as U.S. government officials, but they also
note that there is little they can do to stop it as the Justice
Department refuses to initiate any punitive action or prosecutions of
the Mossad officers who have been identified as involved in the illegal
activity.

In another ongoing Israeli spy case, Stewart Nozette appears to be headed towards eventual freedom as his case drags on through the District of Columbia courts.
Nozette, an aerospace scientist with a top secret clearance and access
to highly sensitive information, offered to sell classified material to a
man he believed to be a Mossad officer, but who instead turned out to
be with the FBI. Nozette has been in jail since October, but he has now
been granted an additional 90-day delay so his lawyers can review the
documents in the government’s case, many of which are classified. If
Nozette demands that sensitive information be used in his defense, his
case will likely follow the pattern set in the nine-times-postponed
trial of AIPAC spies Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, who were ultimately
acquitted in April 2009 when prosecutors determined that they could not
make their case without doing significant damage to national security. A
month after Rosen and Weissman were freed, Ben-Ami Kadish, who admitted
to providing defense secrets to Israel while working as an engineer at
Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, walked out of a Manhattan court after
paying a fine. He did no jail time and continues to receive his
substantial Defense Department pension.

The mainstream media reported the Rosen and Weissman trial intermittently, but there was virtually no coverage of Ben-Ami Kadish, and there has been even less of
Nozette. Compare that with the recent reporting on the Russian spies
who, by all accounts, did almost nothing and never obtained any
classified information. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that spying
for Israel is consequence free.

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