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	'''Stewart David Nozette''' (born [[May 20]], [[1957]])<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931321,00.html Accused Spy Stewart Nozette]</ref> is an American-born ~~Jewish~~ scientist and an admitted spy for Israel.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/prosecutor_nozette_admitted_actual_spying_for_isra.php Prosecutor: Top Scientist Nozette Admitted Actual Spying For Israel]</ref> In September 2011 he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted espionage and in March 2012 was sentenced to 13 years in prison.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/space-scientist-sentenced-to-13-years-expresses-regret-over-espionage-attempt/2012/03/21/gIQAnkdeSS_story.html Space scientist, sentenced to 13 years, expresses regret over espionage attempt]</ref> News of his plea and sentence was largely suppressed by America’s ~~Jewish~~ controlled media.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14825820 Stewart Nozette admits spy-for-Israel charge]</ref>		'''Stewart David Nozette''' (born [[May 20]], [[1957]])<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931321,00.html Accused Spy Stewart Nozette]</ref> is an American-born jewish scientist and an admitted spy for Israel.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/prosecutor_nozette_admitted_actual_spying_for_isra.php Prosecutor: Top Scientist Nozette Admitted Actual Spying For Israel]</ref> In September 2011 he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted espionage and in March 2012 was sentenced to 13 years in prison.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/space-scientist-sentenced-to-13-years-expresses-regret-over-espionage-attempt/2012/03/21/gIQAnkdeSS_story.html Space scientist, sentenced to 13 years, expresses regret over espionage attempt]</ref> News of his plea and sentence was largely suppressed by America’s jewish controlled media.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14825820 Stewart Nozette admits spy-for-Israel charge]</ref>

	==2009 FBI arrest==		==2009 FBI arrest==
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	According to the grand jury indictment which followed days after Nozette’s arrest, the information he wanted to provide to Israel dealt with "satellites, early warning systems, means of defense or retaliation against large-scale attack, communications intelligence information and major elements of defense strategy."<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSMPiXOLJNwVNZd7FNRLBw-QiYQD9BGDF8O0 Scientist worked on early warning defense systems]</ref> American defense systems would have been compromised if Israel obtained this information and launched a nuclear attack.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2009/09/30/Israel-get-two-German-submarines/UPI-90101254337056/ Israel get two German submarines]</ref>		According to the grand jury indictment which followed days after Nozette’s arrest, the information he wanted to provide to Israel dealt with "satellites, early warning systems, means of defense or retaliation against large-scale attack, communications intelligence information and major elements of defense strategy."<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSMPiXOLJNwVNZd7FNRLBw-QiYQD9BGDF8O0 Scientist worked on early warning defense systems]</ref> American defense systems would have been compromised if Israel obtained this information and launched a nuclear attack.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2009/09/30/Israel-get-two-German-submarines/UPI-90101254337056/ Israel get two German submarines]</ref>

	Nozette told his espionage contact his parents were ~~Jewish~~ and that he wanted an Israeli passport to have a new "base of operations."<ref>[http://www.gazette.net/stories/10212009/chevnew204138_32522.shtml Chevy Chase man charged in attempted espionage]</ref> <ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS187493+19-Oct-2009+PRN20091019 Maryland Scientist Charged With Attempted Espionage]</ref> In addition to the passport Nozette was expecting from the arrangement $2 million for selling America’s secrets.		Nozette told his espionage contact his parents were jewish and that he wanted an Israeli passport to have a new "base of operations."<ref>[http://www.gazette.net/stories/10212009/chevnew204138_32522.shtml Chevy Chase man charged in attempted espionage]</ref> <ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS187493+19-Oct-2009+PRN20091019 Maryland Scientist Charged With Attempted Espionage]</ref> In addition to the passport Nozette was expecting from the arrangement $2 million for selling America’s secrets.

	===Arrest===		===Arrest===
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	==Personal life and education==		==Personal life and education==
	Stewart Nozette was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]] on May 20, 1957 and grew up in the predominantly ~~Jewish~~ West Rogers Park neighborhood. His parents, Morris and Helen Nozette now deceased, attended a local [[Reform Judaism (North America)\|Reform temple]]. His father had worked on the [[Manhattan Project]] developing the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]]. After the war Morris Nozette started a plastics company.<ref>[http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=46167 An Israel Espionage Drama, Sans Israel]</ref>		Stewart Nozette was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]] on May 20, 1957 and grew up in the predominantly jewish West Rogers Park neighborhood. His parents, Morris and Helen Nozette now deceased, attended a local [[Reform Judaism (North America)\|Reform temple]]. His father had worked on the [[Manhattan Project]] developing the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]]. After the war Morris Nozette started a plastics company.<ref>[http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=46167 An Israel Espionage Drama, Sans Israel]</ref>

	Stewart Nozette has a [[B.S.]] in [[geoscience]]s from the [[University of Arizona]] which he received in 1979. He was awarded his [[Ph.D.]] in [[Planetary science]]s from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in [[1983]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931321,00.html Accused Spy Stewart Nozette]</ref> He is married to [[U.S. Department of Labor]] attorney [[Wendy McColough]] (Nozette), formerly of Manhattan Beach, CA and New York, NY.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100805074729/http://cryptome.org/nozette/usa-v-nozette.htm USA v. Stewart Nozette]</ref>		Stewart Nozette has a [[B.S.]] in [[geoscience]]s from the [[University of Arizona]] which he received in 1979. He was awarded his [[Ph.D.]] in [[Planetary science]]s from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in [[1983]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931321,00.html Accused Spy Stewart Nozette]</ref> He is married to [[U.S. Department of Labor]] attorney [[Wendy McColough]] (Nozette), formerly of Manhattan Beach, CA and New York, NY.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100805074729/http://cryptome.org/nozette/usa-v-nozette.htm USA v. Stewart Nozette]</ref>
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	On or about January 6, 2009 he traveled to [[India]], a strategic ally of Israel, delivering two small external computer hard drives.<ref>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KJ23Ak01.html The spy who lost his thumb drives]</ref> [[Pakistani]] officials have expressed concern over Nozette’s trip to India.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/pakistani_embassy_were_keeping_close_eye_on_nozett.php Pakistani Embassy: We're Keeping Close Eye On India-Linked Nozette Spy Case]</ref>		On or about January 6, 2009 he traveled to [[India]], a strategic ally of Israel, delivering two small external computer hard drives.<ref>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KJ23Ak01.html The spy who lost his thumb drives]</ref> [[Pakistani]] officials have expressed concern over Nozette’s trip to India.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/pakistani_embassy_were_keeping_close_eye_on_nozett.php Pakistani Embassy: We're Keeping Close Eye On India-Linked Nozette Spy Case]</ref>

	Prior to his trip to India, Nozette told a colleague that if the United Sates government ever tried to “put him in jail” he would flee to Israel or India and “tell them everything” he knows.<ref>[http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2009/10/excerpt-of-criminal-complaint-against-stewart-nozette-unsealed-101909.php?page=7 Criminal Complaint Against Stewart Nozette]</ref> The colleague took this information to federal investigators.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/anon_officials_mysterious_country_a_in_nozette_com.php?ref=mp Officials: Mysterious 'Country A' In Nozette Spy Case Is India]</ref> Nozette repeatedly made several trips to Israel in the past but failed to report these visits as required by his security clearances.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144093.html U.S. ~~Jew~~ indicted as possible Israel spy]</ref>		Prior to his trip to India, Nozette told a colleague that if the United Sates government ever tried to “put him in jail” he would flee to Israel or India and “tell them everything” he knows.<ref>[http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2009/10/excerpt-of-criminal-complaint-against-stewart-nozette-unsealed-101909.php?page=7 Criminal Complaint Against Stewart Nozette]</ref> The colleague took this information to federal investigators.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/anon_officials_mysterious_country_a_in_nozette_com.php?ref=mp Officials: Mysterious 'Country A' In Nozette Spy Case Is India]</ref> Nozette repeatedly made several trips to Israel in the past but failed to report these visits as required by his security clearances.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144093.html U.S. jew indicted as possible Israel spy]</ref>

	==Remarks by Nozette==		==Remarks by Nozette==

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Stewart David Nozette
| image = Stewart Nozette.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|20}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]
| residence = [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]], United States
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| fields = [[Geoscience]]s and [[Planetary Science]]s
| work_institution = [[Scripps Institute of Oceanography]] [[Ballistic Missile Defense Organization]] [[United States Department of Energy]] [[Lawrence Livermore Laboratory]] (1990–1999) [[United States Department of Defense]] [[National Space Council]] (1989–1990) [[NASA]] [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] Alliance for Competitive Technology (1990–present) [[U.S. Naval Research Laboratory]] [[DARPA]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Arizona]] [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
| known_for = Attempting to transfer American nuclear and space technology to Israel
| prizes =*[[NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal]] 1994 for his conception and execution of the [[Clementine (spacecraft)|Clementine mission]] *[[National Space Society]]’s 25 Young Space Pioneers for 1994 *National Space Society 1994 Award for Achievement in Science and Engineering *Rotary National Award for Space Achievement *National Space Club Nelson P Jackson Award *[[Aviation Week and Space Technology]] 1994 Aerospace Laurel Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Space *1995 Space Frontier Foundation Vision to Reality Award *X-Prize Foundation New Spirit of St. Louis Award
| footnotes=<ref>National Space Society (2008).</ref>
}}
'''Stewart David Nozette''' (born [[May 20]], [[1957]])<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931321,00.html Accused Spy Stewart Nozette]</ref> is an American-born Jewish scientist and an admitted spy for Israel.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/prosecutor_nozette_admitted_actual_spying_for_isra.php Prosecutor: Top Scientist Nozette Admitted Actual Spying For Israel]</ref> In September 2011 he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted espionage and in March 2012 was sentenced to 13 years in prison.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/space-scientist-sentenced-to-13-years-expresses-regret-over-espionage-attempt/2012/03/21/gIQAnkdeSS_story.html Space scientist, sentenced to 13 years, expresses regret over espionage attempt]</ref> News of his plea and sentence was largely suppressed by America’s Jewish controlled media.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14825820 Stewart Nozette admits spy-for-Israel charge]</ref>

==2009 FBI arrest==
On October 19, 2009, Nozette was arrested in a [[FBI]] sting operation on [[espionage]] charges: attempting to sell classified information to an individual he believed to be an [[Israel]]i [[Mossad]] operative. According to court papers Nozette wanted to be an ongoing spy, providing Israel with American’s most sensitive information for $2 million. He was described in court as a "walking safe deposit box" of government secrets.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2009/10/30/fbi-says-top-scientist-sold-secrets.html FBI Says Top Scientist Sold Secrets]</ref> Prosecuting attorney Anthony Asuncion said Nozette admitted to passing classified information to the Israelis in the past when he did consulting work for the state-run company Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/prosecutor_nozette_admitted_actual_spying_for_isra.php Prosecutor: Top Scientist Nozette Admitted Actual Spying For Israel]</ref> <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8748720/US-scientist-pleads-guilty-in-Israel-spying-case.html US scientist pleads guilty in Israel spying case]</ref>

===NASA investigation===
Nozette came to the attention of the FBI after a 2006 investigation by NASA's inspector general into his company [[Alliance for Competitive Technology]] founded in March 2000 and located at his previous residence on Grafton Street in Chevy Chase, Maryland.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1009/Maryland_scientist_indicted_for_attempted_espionage_for_Israel.html# Maryland scientist arrested for attempted espionage for Israel]</ref> At the company Nozette held the offices of President and Treasurer, his wife [[Wendy McColough]] Vice President and Secretary and Dr. Klaus Heiss as Director<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/19/795057/-.....Spy-story.-Yes-Its-Real. .....Spy story. Yes Its Real.]</ref> The Maryland-based company had contracts with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Arlington, Virginia.<ref>[http://cicentre.com/spycase/NOZETTE_Stewart_David.html Counterintelligence - Espionage - Spy Case - Stewart David Nozette]</ref>

The inspector general had reason to believe Nozette falsely reported his $141,718 NASA salary<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/jul/16/20060716-114205-9853r/?page=2 Records sought from nonprofit for NASA work]</ref> to the Internal Revenue Service. The investigation also discovered Nozette was using monies for business expenses for payments on three separate mortgages, nine credit cards, a tennis club membership, Mercedes-Benz payments, pool cleaning and his wife’s limousine rides to work.<ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Source_-NASA-investigation-opened-doors-to-espionage-probe-8414868-65076627.html# NASA investigation opened doors to espionage probe]</ref> <ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/jul/16/20060716-114205-9853r/# Records sought from nonprofit for NASA work]</ref> While looking into his finances investigators suspected Nozette may have been working for a foreign government.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102000223.html Justice says scientist tried to share US secrets]</ref> In February 2007 federal authorities searched his house and seized computer equipment and a bong.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102202767.html?wprss=rss_metro Md. scientist tried to spy, indictment says]</ref>

===Tax evasion===
In January 2009 Nozette pleaded guilty to tax evasion and over billing NASA and the Defense department for $265,205 in consulting services.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/10/26/scientist_pleaded_guilty_to_overbilling_nasa_dod/ Scientist pleaded guilty to overbilling NASA, DOD]</ref> He admitted he used the money to pay his personal expenses. His wife Wendy McColough was not charged in the case but instead was named as a co-conspirator.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704121.html Espionage suspect has friends puzzled]</ref> The two apparently have an affluent lifestyle. The Nozettes own several properties across the country including a $2 million home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and a $550,000 vacation home in Merritt Island, Florida.<ref>[http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/tag/stewart-nozette/ Scientist spy case flushes out hiding place for cash]</ref>

He was scheduled to be sentenced for the tax evasion crimes on November 18, 2009 in a plea deal where he would serve 24 to 37 months in prison and pay a $265,000 fine. In the espionage plea agreement Nozette would not have to serve any additional time for the guilty plea on two counts of tax evasion since any prison term in that case will be considered concurrent with the espionage sentence.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8748720/US-scientist-pleads-guilty-in-Israel-spying-case.html US scientist pleads guilty in Israel spying case]</ref>

===FBI sting operation===
On September 3, 2009 Nozette received a phone call from a FBI agent who would later identify himself as an Israeli intelligence operative.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS187493+19-Oct-2009+PRN20091019 Maryland Scientist Charged With Attempted Espionage]</ref> Later that day they agreed to meet and have lunch at a restaurant located in the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington DC. During the meeting Nozette quickly showed a willingness to work for Israeli intelligence with the following conversation.

: FBI: ''"…I’ll just say it real quick and then we’ll just move on. Quick, I wanna clarify something from the start. And I don’t say it very often, but umm, I work for Israeli Intelligence…"

: Nozette: ''"…Mm-hmm"

: FBI: ''"…Agency known here as Mossad."

: Nozette: ''"…Mm-hmm"

: FBI: ''"So from now on I’m not gonna to say this. But if I say service…"

: Nozette: ''"…Mm-hmm"

: FBI: ''"…so you know what that, what it is. But I just wanna be sure, I’ll let it out so we don’t have any ambiguity later on. But…"

: Nozette: ''"…Mm-hmm"

: FBI: ''"How you doin‘?"

: Nozette: ''"Good. Happy to be of assistance."

====Post office box “dead drop”====
The sting operation first involved Nozette answering questions on US satellite technology. In response he allegedly provided a document and an encrypted computer thumb drive via a US post office box in the District and received $2,000. One of his answers pertained to experimental surveillance technology classified as "Secret" and "Top Secret".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20091027070902/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hzSuUWAoHfqUsAXeT4wBk8Hzk97w US scientist charged with attempted spying for Israel]</ref> According to court papers Nozette received another $9,000 in cash for additional information.<ref>[http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20091020_5561.php Scientist Faces Espionage Charge]</ref> The currency had the serial numbers recorded and the access to the post office box was videotaped by the FBI.

According to the grand jury indictment which followed days after Nozette’s arrest, the information he wanted to provide to Israel dealt with "satellites, early warning systems, means of defense or retaliation against large-scale attack, communications intelligence information and major elements of defense strategy."<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGSMPiXOLJNwVNZd7FNRLBw-QiYQD9BGDF8O0 Scientist worked on early warning defense systems]</ref> American defense systems would have been compromised if Israel obtained this information and launched a nuclear attack.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2009/09/30/Israel-get-two-German-submarines/UPI-90101254337056/ Israel get two German submarines]</ref>

Nozette told his espionage contact his parents were Jewish and that he wanted an Israeli passport to have a new "base of operations."<ref>[http://www.gazette.net/stories/10212009/chevnew204138_32522.shtml Chevy Chase man charged in attempted espionage]</ref> <ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS187493+19-Oct-2009+PRN20091019 Maryland Scientist Charged With Attempted Espionage]</ref> In addition to the passport Nozette was expecting from the arrangement $2 million for selling America’s secrets.

===Arrest===
On October 19, 2009 Stewart Nozette was arrested just after 4:00 pm at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington by FBI counterespionage agents.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nasa-employee-steward-nozette-arrested-sting-operation-spying/story?id=8866974# U.S. Scientist Arrested for Allegedly Attempting to Pass Secrets to Israel]</ref> <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/19/u.s.espionage.charge.israel/index.html Scientist charged with improperly passing on classified information]</ref> He was charged with "attempted espionage for knowingly and willfully attempting to communicate, deliver and transmit classified information relating to the national defense of the US to an individual that Nozette believed to be an Israeli intelligence officer."<ref>[http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=127603&d=21&m=10&y=2009 NASA boffin spied for Israel]</ref> On October 21, he was indicted on two counts of attempted espionage. If convicted, Nozette could have been sentenced to death.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704121.html Espionage suspect has friends puzzled]</ref>

===Admission of espionage===
At his bond hearing on October 29, 2009 it was reported that Nozette told the undercover FBI contact he had passed classified information to the Israelis in the past.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124602.html U.S. court: Would-be Israel spy to remain in jail before trial]</ref> In court prosecuting attorney Anthony Asuncion said of Nozette: "He told the agent that he had indeed communicated classified information. He had admitted to the agent actual espionage."<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/prosecutor_nozette_admitted_actual_spying_for_isra.php Prosecutor: Top Scientist Nozette Admitted Actual Spying For Israel]</ref>

==Personal life and education==
Stewart Nozette was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]] on May 20, 1957 and grew up in the predominantly Jewish West Rogers Park neighborhood. His parents, Morris and Helen Nozette now deceased, attended a local [[Reform Judaism (North America)|Reform temple]]. His father had worked on the [[Manhattan Project]] developing the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]]. After the war Morris Nozette started a plastics company.<ref>[http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=46167 An Israel Espionage Drama, Sans Israel]</ref>

Stewart Nozette has a [[B.S.]] in [[geoscience]]s from the [[University of Arizona]] which he received in 1979. He was awarded his [[Ph.D.]] in [[Planetary science]]s from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in [[1983]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931321,00.html Accused Spy Stewart Nozette]</ref> He is married to [[U.S. Department of Labor]] attorney [[Wendy McColough]] (Nozette), formerly of Manhattan Beach, CA and New York, NY.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100805074729/http://cryptome.org/nozette/usa-v-nozette.htm USA v. Stewart Nozette]</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Nozette.jpeg|thumb|right|Stewart Nozette early in his career]]
From 1983 to 1984 Nozette was co-director of the California Space Institute, affiliated with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego. From 1984 to 1989 he taught at the University of Texas at Austin.<ref>[http://cicentre.com/spycase/NOZETTE_Stewart_David.html Counterintelligence - Espionage - Spy Case - Stewart David Nozette]</ref> From 1989 to 1990 he worked in the Bush Administration for the White House's [[National Space Council]]<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6882571.ece American Moon scientist Stewart Nozette 'tried to spy for Israel']</ref> and wrote speeches for Vice President [[Dan Quayle]]<ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1009/Maryland_scientist_indicted_for_attempted_espionage_for_Israel.html# Maryland scientist arrested for attempted espionage for Israel]</ref> From 1990 to 1999 he worked at the [[Department of Energy]]’s [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6882571.ece American Moon scientist Stewart Nozette 'tried to spy for Israel']</ref>

With NASA, Nozette's experiments led to the discovery of water on the south pole of the moon.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/20091021110400/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091020/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_espionage_charged Justice says scientist tried to share US secrets]</ref> He left the employ of the U.S. government in 2006 when his security clearances were revoked.

After he left the government job, Nozette was heavily involved in India's extraterrestrial Moon probe, Chandrayaan-1. He was a principal investigator on the Mini-RF Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and a co-investigator on Chandrayaan-1.

In the past Nozette worked for the [[United States Department of Energy]], [[United States Department of Defense]] and [[NASA]].

==Highest access and clearances==
From 1989 to 2006, Nozette held security clearances related to United States satellite programs as high as "Top Secret" and nuclear programs with "Q" clearance.<ref>[http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/10/what_did_the_moon_scientist_spy_tell_the_israelis_some_clues.php# What Did The Moon Scientist Want To Tell The Israelis? Some Clues]</ref> One of these was the "hyper-classified" nuclear-fueled rocket engine program called [[Timber Wind]].<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/did_alleged_spys_work_for_israeli_firm_raise_red.php#more Did Alleged Spy's Moonlighting For Israel Raise Red Flag For Counterintel Officials?]</ref> In addition he has access to more than twenty “special access programs” limited to only a handful of people.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/20/us-scientist-charged-with-spying/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_more_news_carousel# U.S. scientist charged with spying]</ref>

In 2006 Nozette was suspected by NASA of working for a foreign government and on March 17, 2006 his clearances were revoked.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/did_alleged_spys_work_for_israeli_firm_raise_red.php#more Did Alleged Spy's Moonlighting For Israel Raise Red Flag For Counterintel Officials?]</ref>

==Ties to Israel and India==
From November 1998 to January 2008 Nozette worked in the United States as a technical consultant<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p02s02-usfp.html Stewart Nozette: The American who wanted to spy for Israel]</ref> for [[Israel Aerospace Industries]]<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6883118.ece# Moon scientist Stewart Nozette held as Israeli spy in FBI sting]</ref> a wholly owned Israeli company and was paid approximately $225,000 according to court papers.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/20091021110400/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091020/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_espionage_charged Justice says scientist tried to share US secrets]</ref> He earned the money from the Israelis by answering questions presented to him once a month and performing assigned tasks.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1020/p06s29-wome.html US scientist Stewart Nozette charged with trying to sell secrets to Israel]</ref> During the sting operation Nozette admitted to the undercover FBI agent he provided classified information to the Israelis in the past and assumed Israel Aerospace Industries was a front organization to gather intelligence.<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1020/p06s29-wome.html US scientist Stewart Nozette charged with trying to sell secrets to Israel]</ref> According to a source at ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Nozette would later acknowledge to an associate that his ties to the Israeli firm involved spying.<ref>[http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=46167 An Israel Espionage Drama, Sans Israel]</ref> Nozette has yet to be charged for these security violations. In the course of his work, he held top security clearances and access to data pertaining to satellite and nuclear technology.

On or about January 6, 2009 he traveled to [[India]], a strategic ally of Israel, delivering two small external computer hard drives.<ref>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KJ23Ak01.html The spy who lost his thumb drives]</ref> [[Pakistani]] officials have expressed concern over Nozette’s trip to India.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/pakistani_embassy_were_keeping_close_eye_on_nozett.php Pakistani Embassy: We're Keeping Close Eye On India-Linked Nozette Spy Case]</ref>

Prior to his trip to India, Nozette told a colleague that if the United Sates government ever tried to “put him in jail” he would flee to Israel or India and “tell them everything” he knows.<ref>[http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2009/10/excerpt-of-criminal-complaint-against-stewart-nozette-unsealed-101909.php?page=7 Criminal Complaint Against Stewart Nozette]</ref> The colleague took this information to federal investigators.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/anon_officials_mysterious_country_a_in_nozette_com.php?ref=mp Officials: Mysterious 'Country A' In Nozette Spy Case Is India]</ref> Nozette repeatedly made several trips to Israel in the past but failed to report these visits as required by his security clearances.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144093.html U.S. Jew indicted as possible Israel spy]</ref>

==Remarks by Nozette==
According to court papers Nozette made these remarks to the FBI during the sting operation:

* ''"I thought I was working for you already. I mean, that's what I always thought, Israel Aerospace Industries was just a front." <ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p02s02-usfp.html Stewart Nozette: The American who wanted to spy for Israel]</ref>

* ''"I don't get recruited by Mossad every day. I knew this day would come."<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p02s02-usfp.html Stewart Nozette: The American who wanted to spy for Israel]</ref>

* ''"Well, I should tell you my first need is that they should figure out how to pay me ... they don't expect me to do this for free." <ref>[http://web.archive.org/20091021110400/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091020/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_espionage_charged Justice says scientist tried to share US secrets]</ref>

* ''"Cash is good for anything ... you eat it, drink it or screw it." <ref>[http://www.gazette.net/stories/10212009/chevnew204138_32522.shtml Chevy Chase man charged in attempted espionage]</ref>

* ''"So any [sensitive work] that the US has done in space, I've seen," <ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p02s02-usfp.html Stewart Nozette: The American who wanted to spy for Israel]</ref>

* ''"I haven't been…involved in a classified work for the last couple of years…but I had everything…all the way to Top Secret SCI [sensitive compartmentalized information], I had nuclear." "I had all the nuclear clearances." <ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nasa-employee-steward-nozette-arrested-sting-operation-spying/story?id=8866974# U.S. Scientist Arrested for Allegedly Attempting to Pass Secrets to Israel]</ref> "I had a whole raft of ... special access."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704121.html Espionage suspect has friends puzzled]</ref>

* ''"These are among the most sensitive subjects and it will have to be recreated from memory over some time." <ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125600137727795549.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Space Scientist Is Held as Spy]</ref>

==Notes==
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==See also==
* [[Jonathan Pollard]]
* [[Lawrence Franklin]]
* [[Israeli Art Students]]
* [[Dancing Israelis on 9/11]]

==External links==
* [http://www.irmep.org/ila/nozette/ Stewart David Nozette and economic espionage against the United States]
* [http://cicentre.com/spycase/NOZETTE_Stewart_David.html Stewart David Nozette, background and resume]
* [http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/nozette-complaint.pdf Criminal Complaint Against Stewart Nozette, Unsealed 10/19/09]
* [http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/maryland-scientist-charged-with-attempted-espionage.php DOJ press release regarding the arrest of Stewart Nozette, October 19, 2009]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Mini-RF/team/stewart_nozette.html Stewart Nozette, NASA profile]
* [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?last=NOZETTE&first=STEWART Stewart Nozette's campaign contributions]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Nozette Stewart Nozette, Wikipedia]

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