An immigrant from the former Soviet Union was convicted Monday of spying for the KGB. Valery Kaminsky pleaded guilty in a plea bargain to providing the KGB with classified information he culled from his son, an Israeli soldier, and his work as an airplane maintenance technician on an Air Force base, between 1976 and 1993. No charges were brought against the son.
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