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| IDF psychiatrist suspected of attempting to spy for Iran |
| 2007-11-23 |
| I considired posting this under "Today's Idiot" A psychiatrist who serves in the IDF reserves is suspected of offering classified information to foreign intelligence officials, including those from Iran, police announced Friday morning. 45-year-old David Shamir, ranked as major in the army, was indicted on severe charges of attempted espionage, contacts with a foreign agent and perverting the course of justice. He was arrested by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in cooperation with the Israel Police's Serious and International Crimes Unit on November 14, police said. According to the prosecution, during his IDF reserve duty, the psychiatrist was exposed to classified material including emergency plans of the IDF Medical Corps, detailed plans for the deployment of medical units and control centers, procedures for providing psychiatric services to the home front during a war and tactics for evacuating civilians in the event of rocket attacks, as well as IDF intelligence and operations assessments. The November 22 indictment served in the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court asserts that "in April 2007, Shamir decided to provide information to hostile entities in exchange for money and he contacted the Iranian Foreign Ministry by electronic mail." He allegedly introduced himself in the mail as a civilian and an Israeli officer "well tuned in to what goes on in Israel." Police said that during his interrogation, Shamir confessed that he told the Iranians he had widespread contacts with Israeli public figures and Israeli companies including those with security clearances. The IDF psychiatrist purportedly expressed his willingness to cooperate with Iran, saying that he would be prepared "to provide further details." A few days later, he received a response by the Iranian officials but he didn't finalize an agreement with them, police said. In addition, it is alleged that in August 2007, Shamir sent faxes from his home to the Iranian consulates in London and Turkey and, about a month ago, after receiving no responses, he faxed them again. Police said that after sending the faxes he destroyed them and saved the fax numbers to his cellular phone memory in order lessen the chances of detection. Shamir told his interrogators that he was motivated by "greed." Furthermore, on November 3, he allegedly turned to the Hamas-controlled al-Azhar University in the Gaza Strip where he introduced himself as an Israeli citizen interested in "joining the struggle." Police assert that he did this in order to create an opening for future cooperation between him and Hamas. Shamir also allegedly wrote an anonymous e-mail to the Russian intelligence service, seeking clarification on its recruitment process and expressing willingness to join the organization. A sandal-maker goes barefoot |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #15 Unfortunately, Israel ain't got no death penalty. This reminds me of Mordechai Vanunu blowing the whistle on Israel's nuclear secrets. In March 2003 the BBC broadcast an anti-Israel documentary on Vanunu titled "Israel's Secret Weapon". (Click on link with photo, 5th one down.) It was so biased it led to the Israeli government stopping cooperation with the BBC. Be interesting to see how the BBC handles Shamir. so far they have a neutral article on him. But maybe they'll find a way to turn him into a selfless hero, valiantly battling against the Israeli occupation. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2007-11-23 16:30 |
| #14 Unfortunately, Israel ain't got no death penalty. This reminds me of Mordechai Vanunu blowing the whistle on Israel's nuclear secrets. In March 2003 the BBC broadcast an anti-Israel documentary on Vanunu titled "Israel's Secret Weapon". (Click on link with photo, 5th one down.) It was so biased it led to the Israeli government stopping cooperation with the BBC. Be interesting to see how the BBC handles Shamir. so far they have a neutral article on him. But maybe they'll find a way to turn him into a selfless hero, valiantly battling against the Israeli occupation. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2007-11-23 16:29 |
| #13 Actually, sinse, it has been my observation that the field of psychiatry has been elected by those that need help themselves. They then endeavor to resolve their issues (they'd like think that) and apply that experience to mess up other hapless souls. Of course, I don't mean that as any form of mitigating circumstance, in this case. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-11-23 16:27 |
| #12 well i have always thought shrinks where a little crazy themselves. no offenseif any of you are psychiatrist |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-11-23 14:44 |
| #11 /~:) |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-11-23 13:37 |
| #10 #4: Frank G, Caliburn: Personally I've been thinking of Middle Ages style psychiatric help. Posted by: g(r)omgoru|| 2007-11-23 10:53 g(is it human)omgoru |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-11-23 13:36 |
| #9 Gawd amighty, this guy has a shrink degree? I dunno, I just dunno. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-23 12:37 |
| #8 Israel has internal enemies just like we do. I hiope that hang this guy and then air drop his body into Iran (along with some bombs). |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-11-23 11:55 |
| #7 I hope some folk in the US Dept. of Justice follow the Shamir case because the Israelis are about to deliver an object lesson in how the muzzie b*tch spy Nada Prouty should have been dealt with. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2007-11-23 11:48 |
| #6 High. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-11-23 11:13 |
| #5 Wonder how much he thought the mullahs would pay for classified info on details of how the IDF would deploy psychiatrists during the next war. Looks like the info he was offering included deployment plans - inviting attacks on medical control centers to ensure that the IDF could not respond to mass casualty events. And then there's the "IDF intelligence and operations assessments" on offer. Hang him. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-11-23 10:57 |
| #4 Frank G, Caliburn: Personally I've been thinking of Middle Ages style psychiatric help. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-11-23 10:53 |
| #3 Wonder how much he thought the mullahs would pay for classified info on details of how the IDF would deploy psychiatrists during the next war. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-11-23 10:44 |
| #2 put him in uniform and push him into Gaza |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-23 10:01 |
| #1 Hang him. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-11-23 09:15 |