Nuclear whistleblower Vanunu nabbed at checkpoint near J'lem
By Jonathan Lis and Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondents
Mordechai Vanunu was arrested by Border Policemen on Friday during an inspection of a bus at the A-Ram checkpoint north of Jerusalem.
Vanunu, who was a passenger on a bus en route to Jerusalem, is suspected of violating the terms of his parole.
Jerusalem police officials said that authorities plan on transfering Vanunu - who had pledged to notify law enforcement anytime he plans on leaving the city - to the International Crimes Unit.
Vanunu was released from prison last year after serving an 18-year sentence for divulging classified information about Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona, where he worked as a technician, to a British newspaper.
The Sunday Times of London published Vanunu's account of Israel's having manufactured as many as 200 atomic bombs in 1986. His revelations, as well as photographs of installations at the site, confirmed to experts that Israel had nuclear weapons.
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