Title: NEWSROOM SOURCES: NYT LEAD TUESDAY: USA EAVESDROPPED ON ISRAELI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON... DEVELOPING... Source:
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NEWSROOM SOURCES: NYT LEAD TUESDAY: USA EAVESDROPPED ON ISRAELI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON... DEVELOPING...
Leak Offers Look at Efforts by U.S. to Spy on Israel
By SCOTT SHANE Published: September 5, 2011
WASHINGTON When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case.
They identified the blogger in court papers only as Recipient A. After Mr. Leibowitz pleaded guilty, even the judge said he did not know exactly what Mr. Leibowitz had disclosed. Peter Dejong/Associated Press
Shamai K. Leibowitz in 2002. He leaked secret transcripts. Related
* Former N.S.A. Official Is Charged in Leaks Case (April 16, 2010)
All I know is that its a serious case, Judge Alexander Williams Jr., of United States District Court in Maryland, said at the sentencing in May 2010. I dont know what was divulged other than some documents, and how it compromised things, I have no idea.