The “foreign nation” cited in espionage charges against a U.S. Navy sailor is “definitely not Israel,” a Navy official said. The official told JTA on Wednesday that the country named in a charge recommended against Ariel Joseph Weinmann, a 3rd class petty officer, is not Israel. CNN named the country as Russia.
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