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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (20705)	3/5/2002 10:41:57 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yeah, I remember downplaying your suspicions about that. Hmmm, maybe I should keep a more open mind and see how this plays out.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (20705)	3/6/2002 6:11:10 PM
From: LLLefty	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Since the reputed "Israeli spy ring" seems to have been batted around a bit here lately, it seems useful to report a Washington Post piece today (text below). Despite the Justice Dept spokeswoman's's description of the matter as an "urban legend," I'm sure there will be those who will remain unconvinced. The fact is that there is a must-do ritual among the yearly 30K Israeli young men and women, most of them about 20 or 21, to travel abroad after they complete their mandatory military service. While some take backpacking trips to remote areas (Tibet was favorite for some time), others go the US and elsewhere and work in violation of their tourist visas to pick up funds for their trips. When one finds a job such as driving a Good Humor truck in Florida or Texas or, for that matter, selling post cards in Tokyo--or, so it seems, from hustling cheap art works--they let their buddies know jobs are available. It's a network and ritual that has been going on for many years, not far unlike our own backpacking tradition during or after school. That's about as sinister as it gets. washingtonpost.com