NJ man’s arrest carries echoes of Pollard scandal

Justice Dept. charges retiree with handing documents to Israel

Undated photo of Ben-Ami Kadish. Photo courtesy NJJN.

The arrest this week of a retired Monroe man on charges of transmitting classified information to Israel two decades ago shows how the Jonathan Pollard spy case continues to haunt the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Ben-Ami Kadish, a former U.S. Army engineer, was scheduled to appear Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. He is facing four counts of conspiracy to share classified information with Israel.

From 1979 to 1985, Kadish allegedly “borrowed” documents from the library of the Picatinny Arsenal Army facility in Dover, NJ, where he was employed and shared them with the science affairs consul at the Israeli consulate in New York.

The Justice Department says the documents included information on nuclear weaponry and plans for upgrading the F-15 combat aircraft.

30 to 100 documents

Kadish allegedly denied having been in touch with Yagur

That alleged lie could prove critical