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Accused Mossad spy Grapel to be released in 2 days
2011-10-02
Alleged Mossad spy Ilan Grapel, set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock in Egypt for nearly four months, will be released from custody on Tuesday, Israel Radio reported on Sunday, citing a report in the pan-Arabic daily Al-Hayat.

According to the report, Grapel, a dual US-Israeli citizen, will return to the US with US Defense Minister Leon Panetta
...current SecDef, previously Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993....
who was scheduled to visit Egypt this week.

Al-Hayat reportedly quoted an Egyptian source as saying that Grapel was being released because it had been determined that he did not take part in espionage activities as had previously been alleged.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Welcome back Grap. Go ahead and take Monday off. See you Tuesday morning, we've got a lot of work to do.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-10-02 11:25  

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