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Article: US Scientist Faces Death for Plot to Spy for Israel.
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- Israel Faxx
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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By Telegraph (UK) & AFP
A leading NASA scientist credited with helping discover water on the Moon p= leaded not guilty Thursday to charges he tried to sell US defense secrets t= o Israel for two million dollars.
Judge Deborah Robinson rejected a bail request from Stewart David Nozette, = who was arrested in an October 19 sting operation, saying he was considered= a flight risk and should remain in jail pending trial.
Nozette could face execution for allegedly offering to sell secrets to Isra= el for $2 million according to documents filed in federal court.
Nozette, 52, was arrested last week in a sting operation in which an FBI ag= ...