AIPAC lobbyists, US analyst plead not guilty of disclosing classified data

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/613360.html

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"A Pentagon analyst and two former officials of th American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defense information.

Steven Rosen, 63, the former foreign policy director for AIPAC, and AIPAC's former senior Middle East analyst, Keith Weissman, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to communicate national defense information provided by analyst Lawrence Franklin.

Rosen also pleaded not guilty to helping Franklin, 58, pass on written classified information."

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"Rosen and Weissman, 53, are accused of disclosing the classified information to some members of the media, a senior fellow at a Washington think tank and at least three foreign government officials.

Franklin had been previously indicted on similar charges but had to appear in court under a revised indictment. He repeated his plea of not guilty to five counts of conspiring to communicate classified information."

[ShockediSay]

1. US gov't for sale -

to crooks, liars, bagmen and spies. (ShockediSay)

They are only saying what Jonathan Pollard said.