Israel persecutes nuclear whistleblower

The Israeli authorities continue to persecute Mordechai Vanunu, the man who revealed the country's nuclear secrets in the Sunday Times 21 years ago. He spent 18 years in prison for blowing the whistle. Now he has been convicted of breaching a gag order by speaking to foreign journalists and attempting to leave Jerusalem. A defiant Vanunu, who plans to appeal, called the verdict a blow to democracy, arguing that there is no reason why he should not leave Israel. (Via Toronto News)