To Everyone:

When I said that that the spies, if this story is true, should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law I was not saying that the possible Israeli spies should receive a higher sentence then is normally meted out. I also do not think they should given special treatment either.

All Americans should feel gratefull that the Israeli government took out the Iraqi nuclear site before that meglomaniac Saddam got the bomb. I also hope that the Israeli government will show the same guts again by taking out the Iranian sites before the jihadi Mullahs of Iran get the same weapons. I don’t think this country has fully realized the threat of Islamo-fascism and that Israel always has.But I don’t like to hear the “well everybody does it” defense of espionage. The fact that our Pentagon has spies in it should be upsetting to everyone, no matter what government they come from. It is a big deal.

I do not know if the story is true. I do think there is an arabist strain in some of our big agencies that would love to smear Israel and the groups that support her. I agree with Roger when he says that we should wait and see. But I think that to rationalize or excuse the behavior of any spy is wrong.They should get whatever the traditional punishment is. No more, no less.