A Tel Aviv court on Sunday convicted a young Israeli woman of leaking classified military documents, but dropped espionage charges as part of a plea-bargain agreement, media reports said. Anat Kam, who is in her 20s, was convicted on charges of illegal possession of classified data, and passing it to another person without authorisation, the website of the Haaretz newspaper said.
But the court agreed to drop the more serious charge of "serious espionage" with intent to harm Israel's security, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
"We reached a plea-bargain agreement today," Kam told public radio. "I pleaded guilty to those charges which were brought against me. I'm not thinking about the punishment at the moment." Sentencing is to take place later, with Kam saying it would be in April.
Kam has been under house arrest since December 2009, a month before she was charged with stealing about 2,000 documents, including details of operational planning and force deployment, during her army service between 2005 and 2007.
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