Free Republic

A noted scientist who held sensitive and high-profile positions in the U.S. government, developed state-of-the-art programs in defense and space, and once worked at the White House in the Executive Office of the President was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for attempted espionage, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion. Stewart D. Nozette, 54, who also worked as a scientist for the departments of Energy and Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, pleaded guilty in September 2011 to attempted espionage for providing classified information to a person he believed to be an Israeli intelligence...

Moon scientist Stewart Nozette held as Israeli spy in FBI sting Giles Whittell in Washington 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...

Note: The following text is a quote: Maryland Scientist Charged with Attempted Espionage WASHINGTON—A Maryland scientist who once worked in varying capacities for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been arrested for attempted espionage, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Channing D. Phillips, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director for the FBI’s Washington Field Office, announced today. A criminal complaint unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges Stewart David Nozette, 52, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, with attempted espionage for...