IRMEP on Israeli Espionage at Yuma Proving Ground

"In 1992 the FBI discovered the Weizmann Institute of Science of Rehovot, Israel penetrated secure U.S. computer systems at the Yuma Proving Ground with the help of a U.S. computer science student. The FBI investigation further documented evidence that Weizmann was engaged in clandestine nuclear weapons research supported by its U.S. fundraising arm, the "American Committee for the Weizmann Institute." Yet on May 18, 1993 the Justice Department Office of Intelligence Policy and Review ordered the Assistant FBI director to terminate their Weizmann Institute counterintelligence investigation. IRmep fought for public release of the Justice Department termination order via a Mandatory Declassification Review. On August 21, 2012 the National Security Division claimed it had declassified the memo, but then refused to publicly release it. Such a tactical move keeps the memo from being publicly reviewed to see what justification (or lack thereof) existed for calling off the Weizmann investigation. If the memo isn't classified, it cannot be reviewed for declassification release by the outside Interagency Security Classifications Appeals Panel (ISCAP). If the entire memo is protected by a number of dubiously applied "privacy" and law enforcement exceptions, the public will never be able to fit the investigation into a larger pattern of suspicious DOJ forbearance into conventional and nuclear arms related smuggling, quashed espionage investigations of AIPAC, clandestine PR campaigns and Israel lobby attempts to subvert the U.S. electoral process. Although Mark Bradley--who issued the Justice Department National Security Division MDR decision--asserts it can be appealed to the Department Review Committee , the final decision will likely be made by the DRC's chairman...Mark Bradley.

Israel Lobby Archive DOJ denial letter:

 http://www.IRmep.org/ILA/weizmann/08212012weizmann_denial.pdf

IRmep appeal and challenge:

 http://www.IRmep.org/ILA/weizmann/08242012appealv4.pdf

Israel Lobby Archive of Weizmann Institute investigation:

http://irmep.org/ila/weizmann/default.asp

Comments

[Basilisk]

Catch-22. Joseph Heller couldn't have done it better.

[Cal]

"In 1992 the FBI discovered the Weizmann Institute of Yet on May 18, 1993 the Justice Department Office of Intelligence Policy and Review ordered the Assistant FBI director to terminate their Weizmann Institute counterintelligence investigation"

Every time I see investigations into breaches of US agencies like this terminated I ask why.
Someone please tell me why.
Some reason besides not upsetting Jews and Israel.
There's got to be more to it than that.
I am actually afraid that someone will tell me how far gone and beyond reform I suspect the US government is is really true.

[RetiredPatriot]

Some reason besides not upsetting Jews and Israel.
There's got to be more to it than that.

That's why. And because the dual-national citizens ARE that organized and committed to keeping the USA on Israel's side and its protector.

RP

[Babak Makkinejad]

I think it is clear that inside the United States, Israel can do no wrong.

This could only change if and when Israel publicly and clearly harms the United States in a manner that could no longer be finessed.

[confusedponderer]

The Israelis were able to finesse the Liberty incident. How much worse could it get?

[Expert witness]

FBI could have told it was a lie and clearly it investigated that fraud has been revealed. Thinking it was insight.