Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Chronology of Treason

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136914
The IDF spy case revealed Thursday began in late 2008, with the 
publication of an article in Haaretz. The article, by writer Uri Blau, 
accused the IDF of continuing a policy of targeted assassination of 
terrorists despite a Supreme Court order favoring arrests whenever possible.
Sources in the defense establishment who saw the article – and other 
pieces by Blau – realized that the writer's references to the timing and 
location of IDF arrest operations were unusually detailed. They 
suspected that Blau had somehow obtained top-secret military documents.
Investigation launched
The Chief of Staff requested an investigation, and the request was 
approved by then-Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. The Israel Security 
Agency (ISA), police and IDF began a joint investigation aimed at 
returning the classified material and finding the person responsible for 
taking them. The investigation, which was kept under wraps, was subject 
to oversight by the court system and government legal advisors.
In early 2009, investigators began their search. They soon discovered 
that Blau was in fact in possession of secret IDF documents.
The ISA took the unusual step of making a deal with Blau, in order to 
ensure the return of the documents, and in order to respect freedom of 
the press, including the need for the reporter to protect his sources. 
It was agreed that Blau would hand over any classified documents in his 
possession; in return, the documents would not be used as evidence 
against him or against his source, and he would not be questioned as a 
suspect or asked to reveal his source.
Computer destroyed
In late September, 2009, Blau returned dozens of classified documents to 
the military. His personal computer, on which he had stored classified 
information, was destroyed.
Investigators continued to seek Blau's source, and soon afterwards 
identified her as 23-year-old Anat Kam of Tel Aviv, a media-affairs 
journalist at the Walla news portal.
Kam was questioned, and revealed that during her military service in the 
office of then-Central Command Head Major-General Yair Naveh, she had 
stored thousands of classified documents on the computer provided to her 
by the IDF. Shortly before her release from service in June 2007, she 
stored more than 2,000 of the files on a 'disc-on-key' device.
She then copied the files onto her personal computer at home, despite 
being aware that possession of the documents was a serious crime. The 
documents taken included top-secret files with information on special 
operations, intelligence reports, General Staff meeting notes, ongoing 
IDF operations, troop deployment, and more.
'Soldiers would have died'
Had the information fallen into enemy hands, it would very likely have 
led to the deaths of military personnel, military sources said.
Investigators also discovered that Kam had attempted to give top-secret 
information to a different reporter before giving it to Blau in 
September and October of 2008. The reporter expressed interest in the 
documents, but Kam was unable to hand over the information as planned.
On January 14, 2010, Kam was indicted for spying, handing out classified 
information in an attempt to undermine national defense, and gathering 
and possessing classified information with the intent of undermining 
national defense.
Danger continues
After discovering that Kam had sent Blau many of the documents in her 
possession, investigators suspected that Blau had returned only a small 
percentage of the information he had committed to return. Blau, who has 
been abroad since December 2009, was summoned back to Israel for 
questioning, but has not yet returned. The ISA negotiated with his 
lawyers in hopes of receiving the missing documents, but on April 6, 
2010, realized negotiations were futile.
Investigators fear that top-secret documents remain in the possession of 
unauthorized persons, and that if even a handful of the documents were 
to find their way into enemy hands, they could cause serious damage to 
Israel state security.


Casi di assassinii mirati, e dati da bere come incidenti.
Giornalisti agli arresti per averne parlato.
Degli zeloti dementi, un tantino paranoici, dominano Israele.
Occhio ai "sicari" e a cosa scrivi vecchia ciabatta.