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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (17503)	4/24/2001 4:30:59 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17770

Forget about him, Charley! Yaakov's got other fish to fry right now.... Monday, 23 April, 2001, 19:19 GMT 20:19 UK Israeli scientist 'passed on secrets' A senior Israeli former military scientist has been arrested and charged with passing on secrets. Brigadier-General Yitzhak Yaakov, 75, denies the charges. His lawyers say that the case does not involve spying. Details of his arrest, on 28 March, only emerged after an Israeli court partially lifted an order restricting reporting of the case. The British Sunday Times newspaper reported that General Yaakov was believed to have been involved in Israel's nuclear weapons programme. It added that he was being questioned about his relationship with a Russian woman who may have had access to his work. BBC Jerusalem correspondent Steven Gibbs says General Yaakov's arrest came as a shock in Israel. Birthday party The former brigadier general was arrested last month as he was about to board a flight to Turkey with his Russian girlfriend. Just days beforehand he had held a lavish 75th birthday party. Amongst the guests were senior Israeli military and defence officials. In the 1970s he was head of the Israeli defence forces warfare research unit. The scientist, who holds both Israeli and American citizenship, is charged with handing to a third party confidential information with the intention of harming state security. Sections of the indictment released to the press said that General Yaakov was warned by security officials not to pass on military information to unauthorised people. His lawyer emphatically denies that this case is in any way connected with spying. [snip] news.bbc.co.uk