Mordechai Vanunu

thumb|Mordechai_Vanunu_2009 Mordechai Vanunu (born 14 October 1952), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured from Britain to Italy by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, where he was drugged and abducted. He was secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted in a trial that was behind closed doors. Quotes I thought it was the right of the people to know. Dimona is very dangerous " I was not a traitor. I am proud and happy to do what I did. External links Category:Living people Category:1952 births Category:Activists from Israel Category:Anti-nuclear weapons activists