Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Arrested

international | miscellaneous | other press Thursday November 11, 2004 11:53 by The Guardian

JERUSALEM (AP) - Nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu was arrested by Israeli police Thursday for passing on classified information to unnamed international parties, police said.

Vanunu completed serving an 18-year prison sentence in April for revealing Israeli nuclear secrets to the Sunday Times newspaper of London. As part of his release arrangement, he was barred from meeting with foreigners and discussing his work at Israel's top secret nuclear facility in the Negev Desert.

Since his release, Vanunu met on several occasions with foreign media representatives, but denied passing onto them any classified information.