<<<How horrible his crime. He gave info to an Allie who should according to treaties been privy to the info regardless>>>
He gave info to someone he THOUGHT was an ally. He had no way of knowing that his handler was an ISRAELI and not some other agent masquerading as an ISRAELI. This could have been a FALSE FLAG recruitment, where an agent of one country pretends to be an agent of another country. In that case, this act of spying could have been disastrous. The Israelis use this espionage method all the time.