Another Israeli Spy Caught Selling America Out to Russia, via China

Might be nice if the press started treating this like it was a real thing!

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of one of the Pazzi conspirators, hanged for moving against the Medici

You’re not supposed to believe in this sort of thing to be considered a serious person in the conservative movement, or for that matter, in the center-left as well. That’s one reason our laws have gone unenforced with respect to Israel. And reporters know their careers depend on not noticing. As I’ve said, that’s becoming untenable.

The disconnect between the reality on the ground and what someone has to avoid saying to get, for instance, a political appointee job, is very unhealthy.

A triple citizen of the U.S., Israel and Russia was arrested today in California for allegedly transferring, via Chinese businesses, semiconductor technology to Russia. From the DOJ’s website:

“This arrest marks the end of Ilya Khan's alleged involvement in a years-long scheme to secure and export millions of dollars’ worth of sensitive technologies from the U.S. to Russia to be used by its military and intelligence services,” said Executive Assistant Director Larissa L. Knapp of the FBI's National Security Branch. “Any attempt to circumvent U.S. laws, sanctions, and regulations will not be tolerated, and thanks to a coordinated interagency effort, our national security and our partners' are stronger than ever.”

According to court documents, Kahn is the owner of Senesys Incorporated, which is based in California, and Sensor Design Association, which maintains a contact address in Brooklyn. As alleged in the complaint and other public filings, Kahn operated these two businesses – ostensibly involved in “security software development” and the testing of silicon wafers for military avionics and space users – through which he engaged in a years-long conspiracy to acquire and export sensitive and sophisticated electronics from the United States to a sanctioned Russian business without acquiring the appropriate licenses. The Russian business, Joint Stock Company Research and Development Center ELVEES (Elvees) was added to the Commerce’s Department’s Entity List in March 2022 and was sanctioned by the Treasury Department in September 2022 because of its critical role in facilitating Russia’s military and its invasion of Ukraine.

For example, according to the complaint, in 2019, Kahn exported multiple U.S.-origin microcontrollers to Elvees in Russia, and in 2022, he exported U.S.-origin network interface controllers and a radio-frequency transmitter to Elvees in Russia by way of a Hong Kong-based shipping company. Each of these items required an export license from the Commerce Department, which Kahn did not obtain, and were controlled for national security and anti-terrorism reasons.

Senesys AI is deeply involved with the Israelis:

The trouble with the neocon Ukraine hawks is that they are strong supporters of Israel, and if the Israelis are playing both sides of the conflict, that’s a recipe for it being perpetually prolonged. That will not do.