Kadish Pleads Guilty to Participating in Conspiracy to Act as Unregistered Agent of Isreal
Ben-Ami Kadish- a former U.S. Army arsenal employee -pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of the Government of Israel. Kadish worked at the U.S. Army’s Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey. Kadish allegedly gave classified documents concerning the U. S military to an agent of the Israel Government multiple times between 1980 and 1985. Some of the documents he gave to the Israel agent allegedly concerned the US missile defense system. The Israel agent was allegedly Yossi Yagur. Yagur allegedly photographed the classified documents at Kadish’s home. Kadish is to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court on February 13, 2009. Kadish –who is eighty-five years old-could be sentenced up to five years in federal prison. He could also be fined up to $250,000.
