Forthminder
2009-10-20 22:09:53 UTC
October 20, 2009 -- Israeli intelligence active in Nevada
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20091020
From the Nevada Test Site to the unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) bases at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases in Nevada,
and even into the above top secret Tonopah and Groom Lake
(Area 51) test sites, Israeli intelligence has been engaged in
a full-court press, mostly targeting Department of Energy,
Air Force, and contractor personnel.
Some of the Israeli intelligence presence at Nellis
and Creech is semi-official, with a number of contractor
personnel having past associations with Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI), the Israeli state-owned firm that
manufactured the Hunter UAV used by the U.S. Army
in the Kosovo war. WMR has learned that IAI contractors
and officials have been present at Nellis and Creech Lake,
the latter formerly known as the Indian Springs
Auxiliary Air Field. The prime contractor for the
Predator and Reaper UAVs, which are operated
from Nellis and trained on by Air Force personnel
at Creech, is General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,
a major competitor of IAI that is also teamed on
many contracts with Boeing.
In 2005, Moshe Keret, IAI's chief executive officer,
was detained by the Israeli fraud investigation unit in an
investigation of a kickback arrangement between IAI
corporate managers and IAI's foreign agents.
The investigation of Keret was dropped in 2007.
Elta Electronics Industries in Ashdod, Israel
also played a part in the corruption investigation.
IAI was also suspected by U.S. intelligence of
transferring sensitive technology to China.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories continues
to maintain a presence at the Nevada Test Site.
On October 19, 2009, a one-time scientist for
Lawrence Livermore, Dr. Stewart David Nozette of
Chevy Chase, Maryland, was arrested by the FBI
for volunteering to pass classified U.S. defense secrets
to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli Mossad agent.
Significantly, Nozette, who also worked for the
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory NRL), the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
was an "outside consultant" for IAI. Nozette also
worked for the George H. W. Bush White House.
Nozette held a high-level "Q" security clearance --
which grants access to sensitive U.S. nuclear secrets --
while working for Lawrence Livermore and the Energy
Department. The would-be Israeli spy also attempted
to pass information on U.S. intelligence satellites.
Nozette also worked for the U.S. Air Force's Phillips
Laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia and was considered
as expert on the Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars."
In 2006, a non-profit organization run by Nozette,
the Alliance for Competitive Technology, came under
a federal investigation for making false expense claims
for work performed for NASA under contract.
The non-profit had also done work for DARPA and NRL
and similar suspected fraudulent expense claims arose.
Nozette had written checks on his non-profit business
bank account for three different mortgages,
pool cleaning, a Mercedes Benz, and membership
dues for the LaJolla, California Tennis Club.
In January 2009, Nozette reportedly flew to
an "unnamed" country, not Israel, with two
computer thumb drives. He returned to the
United States without the drives and immediately
became suspect by U.S. counter-intelligence agents.
In the past, Nozette had expressed a desire to move
to Israel and tell the Israelis about his classified work
for the Pentagon and Energy Department.
Adding to the Israeli intelligence and military presence
in the Nellis-Nevada Test Site complex is the presence
of yet another mall kiosk near Nellis that employs
aggressive Israelis who try to hawk "Dead Sea"
skin care products to passers-by, many of whom
are active duty Air Force personnel at Nellis and
Creech and civilian employees and contractors at
the Nevada Test Site and Area 51. The kiosk is
located on the Las Vegas Boulevard side of the
Fashion Show Mall in downtown Las Vegas.
In the past, U.S. counter-intelligence agencies
have identified these Israeli-operated mall kiosks
as intelligence fronts and WMR has reported on
their activities in Columbia, Maryland, near the
National Security Agency, and the MacArthur
Center Mall in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, near
the U.S. Naval Base.
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http://www.waynemadsenreport.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Madsen
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20091020
From the Nevada Test Site to the unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) bases at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases in Nevada,
and even into the above top secret Tonopah and Groom Lake
(Area 51) test sites, Israeli intelligence has been engaged in
a full-court press, mostly targeting Department of Energy,
Air Force, and contractor personnel.
Some of the Israeli intelligence presence at Nellis
and Creech is semi-official, with a number of contractor
personnel having past associations with Israel Aerospace
Industries (IAI), the Israeli state-owned firm that
manufactured the Hunter UAV used by the U.S. Army
in the Kosovo war. WMR has learned that IAI contractors
and officials have been present at Nellis and Creech Lake,
the latter formerly known as the Indian Springs
Auxiliary Air Field. The prime contractor for the
Predator and Reaper UAVs, which are operated
from Nellis and trained on by Air Force personnel
at Creech, is General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,
a major competitor of IAI that is also teamed on
many contracts with Boeing.
In 2005, Moshe Keret, IAI's chief executive officer,
was detained by the Israeli fraud investigation unit in an
investigation of a kickback arrangement between IAI
corporate managers and IAI's foreign agents.
The investigation of Keret was dropped in 2007.
Elta Electronics Industries in Ashdod, Israel
also played a part in the corruption investigation.
IAI was also suspected by U.S. intelligence of
transferring sensitive technology to China.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories continues
to maintain a presence at the Nevada Test Site.
On October 19, 2009, a one-time scientist for
Lawrence Livermore, Dr. Stewart David Nozette of
Chevy Chase, Maryland, was arrested by the FBI
for volunteering to pass classified U.S. defense secrets
to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli Mossad agent.
Significantly, Nozette, who also worked for the
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory NRL), the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
was an "outside consultant" for IAI. Nozette also
worked for the George H. W. Bush White House.
Nozette held a high-level "Q" security clearance --
which grants access to sensitive U.S. nuclear secrets --
while working for Lawrence Livermore and the Energy
Department. The would-be Israeli spy also attempted
to pass information on U.S. intelligence satellites.
Nozette also worked for the U.S. Air Force's Phillips
Laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia and was considered
as expert on the Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars."
In 2006, a non-profit organization run by Nozette,
the Alliance for Competitive Technology, came under
a federal investigation for making false expense claims
for work performed for NASA under contract.
The non-profit had also done work for DARPA and NRL
and similar suspected fraudulent expense claims arose.
Nozette had written checks on his non-profit business
bank account for three different mortgages,
pool cleaning, a Mercedes Benz, and membership
dues for the LaJolla, California Tennis Club.
In January 2009, Nozette reportedly flew to
an "unnamed" country, not Israel, with two
computer thumb drives. He returned to the
United States without the drives and immediately
became suspect by U.S. counter-intelligence agents.
In the past, Nozette had expressed a desire to move
to Israel and tell the Israelis about his classified work
for the Pentagon and Energy Department.
Adding to the Israeli intelligence and military presence
in the Nellis-Nevada Test Site complex is the presence
of yet another mall kiosk near Nellis that employs
aggressive Israelis who try to hawk "Dead Sea"
skin care products to passers-by, many of whom
are active duty Air Force personnel at Nellis and
Creech and civilian employees and contractors at
the Nevada Test Site and Area 51. The kiosk is
located on the Las Vegas Boulevard side of the
Fashion Show Mall in downtown Las Vegas.
In the past, U.S. counter-intelligence agencies
have identified these Israeli-operated mall kiosks
as intelligence fronts and WMR has reported on
their activities in Columbia, Maryland, near the
National Security Agency, and the MacArthur
Center Mall in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, near
the U.S. Naval Base.
--
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Madsen