This was a sting operation, not the interdiction of espionage solicited by a foreign government. The FBI affidavit alleges no act of targeting Nozette or his information by a foreign spy agency. Nozette’s own behavior was what alerted the FBI to his potential susceptibility. Anyone who has had clearances has secrets to sell, but nothing in this episode indicates that the Israelis were looking for the particular ones Norzett has.
Nozette will probably deserve whatever he gets. But let’s wait until espionage involves actual evidence of initiation by a foreign government as with Cuban spies in the State Department, Chinese spies in an NSA facility in Hawaii, and cyber-espionage by Russia and China against the U.S. power grid before attributing interests to that government in a specific incident.
Agreed. But what will be interesting will be this guy's politics and social circle. And that we are only beginning to find out about.