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| Gag order lifted on Israel spy journalist house arrest |
| 2010-04-08 |
| A journalist has been under house arrest for several months accused of "serious espionage" for leaking top secret military documents, Israeli media reported after a gag order was lifted. Some of the documents are believed to be behind a 2008 Haaretz newspaper report that Israeli soldiers had received orders to carry out targeted killings of Palestinian militants in violation of a supreme court order. The Israeli journalist, Anat Kam, 23, allegedly gave Haaretz newspaper reporter Uri Blau classified documents she stole during her military service from the office of the army's central command which covers the West Bank. The offence is considered espionage under Israeli law and can carry a life sentence. Israel media, despite coverage abroad, had made only vague references to the case in previous days but were barred from giving details until a Tel Aviv court on Thursday lifted the more than three-month-old gag order. Kam, who worked as a news website reporter, allegedly stole about 2,000 top secret documents while doing her military service between 2005 and 2007, according to army radio and other media outlets. Blau, who is currently abroad, is believed to have used some of the documents as a basis for reporting on the assassination orders against Islamic Jihad militants. He is alleged to have failed to notify Israeli authorities that he was in possession of the documents. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 The Hebrew term for leftard journos is "Mar'ilei be'erot" (well poisoners). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-04-08 12:53 |