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Israeli-American FBI contractor pleads guilty to leaking secrets

by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | December 18, 2009 at 12:41 pm

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Leibowitz ran two blogs. One, Israel-Law.org related to Israeli law; the other, Pursuing Justice, dealt with U.S. law. The most recent entry on Pursuing Justice, dated Nov. 9, deals with the rights of juveniles. Leibowitz also has a past as a far left Israeli peace activist who favored a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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An FBI contractor who is an Israeli-American linguist has pleaded guilty to security leaks.

The Politico site reported that Shamai Kedem Leibowitz leaked 5 secret documents to an unspecified blogger. His guilty plea entails a 20 month prison sentence. He stood court in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The public record does not identify the information or the person who received the information further except to say that Leibowitz worked for an FBI task force in Calverton, Md.; Politico notes that the FBI's Innocent Images task force, which tackles child pornography, is located in Calverton.
Leibowitz ran two blogs. One, Israel-Law.org related to Israeli law; the other, Pursuing Justice, dealt with U.S. law. The most recent entry on Pursuing Justice, dated Nov. 9, deals with the rights of juveniles.

Leibowitz also has a past as a far left Israeli peace activist who favored a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He is a grandson to Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the Orthodox Israeli philosopher who spoke out against Israeli's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

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Spydermonkey

at 14:38 on December 18th, 2009

I think this might be the case he was working on. . . .

Susan Marie Kovalinsky

at 14:43 on December 18th, 2009

Ah, I see: Well, if he is on the side of the juveniles, I am for him. This country is Draconian, and totally out of step with psychology and psychiatry in the manner it sentences juveniles and adults in many cases too, thank you sm for that.