US man who spied for Israel goes free:

There is obviously more here than what we are being told. Whether the US was "giving" Israel the missile defense system and wanted to avoid complaints from other countries or it was bad/old information, he had to be some kind of double agent. I do not think he would have gotten off this easily no matter what his age if the government was not complicit in his actions. On top of that he made $104000 in '07 through investments? Yeah sure. Whatever.

like too many other things...it's all about the money....too often the courts are just venues for garnishing revenue....he didn't get so much as a slap on the wrist....50,000 was just a drop in the bucket for something he could have been put to death for.

THE MAN SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE......

Kathymm said
" I think it's also suspicious that the spying charge was dropped."

Just shows us the power AIPAC wields in America.

Yes, your taxpayers money, all $3Billion annually, goes to Israel. Again the power of AIPAC.

Shoot AIPAC !

this only goes to show that Israel (who we give billions annually) and who we think is our "ally" is not above illegal tactics. I think it's also suspicious that the spying charge was dropped.

holy mackerel-if this were any other country: Firing squad time! no ifs ands or buts about it. Israel gets away again. but I do believe Israels free ticket is used up...

MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS

Prosecutors had recommended no prison time as part of the plea deal. They said between 1980 and 1985 Kadish provided classified documents, including some relating to U.S. missile defense systems, to an Israeli agent, Yosef Yagur, who photographed the documents at Kadish's residence.

Yagur also was Pollard's main Israeli contact. Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to spying for Israel in 1986. Israel gave Pollard citizenship in 1996 and acknowledged he was one of its spies in 1998.

During the hearing, the judge questioned a prosecutor as to why it took so long to charge Kadish when the telephone records on which the case was based were available in the mid-1980s.

"There is no mystery behind it, it's just what happened," said prosecutor Iris Lan, who explained she understood it took the FBI that amount of time to assemble the evidence.

The judge also questioned Kadish's lawyer about how Kadish was able to earn $104,000 in 2007 when he does not work. His lawyer said it was from investments.

Kadish was born in the United States but grew up on a farm in Palestine before the founding of the modern state of Israel. He served in the British and U.S. armies in World War II.

From 1980 to 1985, Yagur asked Kadish to obtain classified documents, which Kadish retrieved from the U.S. Army's Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey, according to a sworn statement by Kadish. Kadish said he kept up a friendship with Yagur after 1985.

"While Kadish knew he was aiding Israel, an ally to the United States, he also knew his crime compromised the national security," the judge said.

(Editing by Michelle Nichols and Will Dunham)