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+category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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   - Person
-  - Scientist
-  - USA
+  - Nuclear
+  - Physicist
+  - Israel
+summary: "Physicist and scientific attache at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv who gathered intelligence on Israel's Dimona nuclear facility alongside CIA station chief John Hadden."
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 Robert T. Webber was a physicist who served as the scientific attaché at the U.S. embassy in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]. He earned a doctorate in physics at [[Yale University]] and shared [[William N. Dale]]'s interest in [[Dimona]]. Webber worked closely with [[John L. Hadden]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] station chief, in clear violation of a [[State Department]] decree forbidding scientific attachés from engaging in intelligence work. He also relied on intelligence gathered by [[Mel Alba]] and encouraged collaboration with British and Canadian counterparts. Webber was eventually replaced as science attaché by someone much less interested in [[Dimona]].[^1]
 
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