Rice Accused Of Leaking Sensitive Defense Info To Israel Lobbyist...
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Rice Accused Of Leaking Sensitive Defense Info To Israel Lobbyist...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/04/22/rice-accused-of-leaking-s_n_19580.html Here is a tiny URL of the above one:
http://tinyurl.com/n8cl2 Take a look at the following as well:
Middle East analyst Kenneth Pollack is one of two US government officials referenced in the indictment against two former staffers of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), JTA has learned. The other unnamed government official - identified by sources as David Satterfield, a former deputy assistant secretary of state:
http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?highlight=saterfield%20pollack&p=185405#185405 Here is tiny URL for the above one:
http://tinyurl.com/pdo5v Here is another one:
Let the AIPAC Trial Begin:
Why Prosecuting Rosen and Weissman Matters
http://irmep.org/rosweiss.htm Today Judge T.S. Ellis III offered a rare second opportunity
to the Rosen and Weissman defense team to make their
case that the indictment of the two former AIPAC lobbyists
was "trampling on their 1st Amendment rights". In a similar
March 30, 2006 hearing[i], the defense concentrated on
painting the 1917 Espionage Act as fundamentally flawed
and unconstitutional. The indictment charges Rosen and
Weissman with violating sections of the Act by having
"unlawful possession" of "information relating to the national
defense." Written in 1917, and never updated, the Espionage
Act does not use the term "classified" when referring to national
defense information. The law's antiquity offers the defendants
abundant openings for attack.
The mainstream press has come to the aid of Rosen and
Weissman by promulgating the "slippery slope" argument
that the charges leveled against two foreign lobbyists run amok
could soon be turned against investigative reporters.
"The case has drawn attention from First Amendment lawyers
because the judge, the prosecutors and the defense attorneys
have all noted that the two lobbyists, in receiving and
disseminating
classified information, are doing what journalists, academics and
experts at think tanks do every day." (Walter Pincus, Lobbyists'
Prosecutors Pointing to Spy Case, Washington Post)
This, of couse, is pure nonsense. Prosecutorial discretion means
that the press won't be a DOJ target any time soon. But cracking down
on think tanks and lobbies trafficking classified information is
another
matter...
Full essay in HTML at
http://irmep.org/rosweiss.htm