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Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Faces Jail Again

HeadlineMar 18, 2005

In Israel, nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu was indicted Thursday and could be sent back to jail. He was released last year after spending 18 years in prison. He was jailed for leaking secrets to the Sunday Times of London that proved Israel had a nuclear weapons program. Upon his release last year Israel barred Vanunu from speaking to the international press. He was accused Thursday of violating those restrictions. If convicted he faces two years in jail. Over the past year Vanunu has given a handful of interviews with the international press including Democracy Now. On Thursday he vowed to keep speaking out. “I think it’s my right as a human being to speak to anyone in the world without asking him what is you ID card or what is your passport,” said Vanunu. “What I can say to this arrest, I can say to everyone and all that I’m saying is just repeating my story, my political views and the nuclear secrets that had been published 18 years ago.”

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