A former U.S. Army mechanical engineer was arrested Tuesday on charges that he spied for Israel over 20 years ago. Government officials in Israel said they were not familiar with the case.

Ben-Ami Kadish, 84, was to be charged with slipping classified documents about nuclear weapons, fighter jets and air defense missiles to an Israeli Consulate employee who also received information from convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, authorities said.

America is as safe as a Swiss cheese.