April 21, 2004
Again With The Wacky Headlines

Headline and lead paragraph:

Vanunu, Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower, Is Released

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Mordechai Vanunu, who was convicted of treason for shedding light on Israel's secret nuclear weapons program, walked out of prison after 18 years, saying he was treated brutally behind bars and remains proud of his actions.

I don't know how they came up with "whistleblower" ("one who exposes unethical conduct or wrongdoing"). Israel's still-not-acknowledged weapons program does not constitute a breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, since Israel is not a party to that treaty. (To Bloomberg's credit, the article does note this fact.)

I'm left to wonder -- does the headline writer think that developing nuclear weapons is wrong-in-itself, or is it only wrong when it's the Jews who are doing it?

Posted by Sam at 08:07 AM