The Israeli daily Yediot Achronot published previously secret documents from the trial of convicted nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu. In the court transcripts, Vanunu said he had exposed the secrets of Israel’s nuclear program to force the government to bring the program under supervision. Vanunu has served 13 years of an 18-year sentence for disclosing Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities to The Times of London.
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