AWOL U.S. OFFICER LEAVES ISRAEL TO FACES CHARGES

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- A senior U.S. intelligence officer who entered Israel andapplied for citizenship has left the United States to stand trial. Police said Lt. Col. Jeremiah Mattysse agreed to voluntarily return tothe United States to face a military tribunal on charges of being absentwithout leave and conduct unbecoming of an officer. Police said he leftTuesday on a flight for Newark, N.J.