Interesting fallout from the newest spy case to affect if not actually involve our close, close, close Mideast ally: BradBlog notes this thoroughly unsurprising development seems to validate allegations made by a perennial neocon punching bag and FBI whistleblower:

This is, of course, the precise sort of thing which FBI linguist-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds has been alleging concerning both Turkish and Israeli interests for some time. In her case, she has testified under oath to nearly-identical behavior by U.S. scientists, military personnel and academics at top-secret nuclear and military installations who are alleged to have done precisely what Stewart David Nozette has now been busted for...

And Military.com has an interesting story on the Edmonds saga, with first-time feedback from Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, two stalwarts of the neoconservative cabal (Feith's term) in President Bush's Pentagon - who nurtured and coddled the Iraq occupation from its inception in the 1990s to its "cakewalk" realization almost seven nightmarish years ago. These two gemstones have figured prominently in Edmonds' story of deceit, treason and, yes, back-stabbing, during the unlamented Bush Era. Perle, naturally, slags her:

"This woman is a nutcase. Certifiable," Perle said. "She makes wild accusations. She was fired from her job, and has been on a vendetta against ... imagined demons ever since."

Feith, in an email to Military.com, said: "What I've read on the Internet about Ms. Edmonds's claims about me is wildly false and bizarre."

We're living in interesting times, though, Doug. Interesting times.

Edmonds was fired after she reported to FBI managers various incidents of misconduct and incompetence, involving her supervisor and others; an internal FBI investigation, however, has concluded that she was fired after making "valid complaints". The subject of a series of Justice Department national security decrees spanning two presidencies, Edmonds has been called by the ACLU "the most gagged person in the history of the United States of America."

Finally, in all this spying, a reminder from today's Justin Raimondo:

Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard - now serving a life sentence - stole secrets so vital that an attempt by the Israelis to get him pardoned was blocked by a massive protest from the intelligence and defense communities. Bill Clinton wanted to trade Pollard for Israeli concessions in the ongoing "peace process," and he was only prevented from doing so by a threat of mass resignations by the top leadership of the intelligence community.

The reason for their intransigence: among the material Pollard had been asked by his Israeli handlers to steal was the U.S. attack plan against the Soviet Union. According to Seymour Hersh, then-CIA director Bill Casey claimed Tel Aviv handed over the information to Moscow in exchange for relaxation of travel restrictions on Soviet Jews, who were then allowed to emigrate to Israel.

This was when Russia was still the Soviet Union, and our sworn enemy. The U.S. attack plan. WWIII. Full exchange of nuclear weapons. Friends? Enemies? Difference?

See, Mr. Feith: interesting...