One of the more interesting cases moving somewhat under the radar is the report that espionage charges will soon be filed against two officials of AIPAC – American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
The charges, as I understand them, are somewhat vague and also unprecedented. Thomas Lifson, channeling (he says via email) the title of my first Moses Wine novel, thinks there has been a set-up. My question is why. (NOTE: The linked article is by Lifson’s partner at American Thinker Richard Baehr.)
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1. David Thomson:ìMy question is why.î
Was this question asked in a serious manner? I am not in the least bit surprised. The liberal establishment detests Israel—and things would be a lot worse had John Kerry won last November. How will the Bush administration respond to this nonsense? I hope that it does not mistakenly take a hands off approach because it prefers to respect the independence of the prosecutors. Jonathan Pollard deserves to be in prison. However, this attack on AIPAC seems like a cheap shot. Israelís enemies are merely hoping to find some dirt.
May 31, 2005 - 10:53 am 2. Pat Curley:Sounds like entrapment to me. Yes, they were told it was classified, but they were also told it was potentially a matter of life and death. It’s hard to see where they were putting US assets at risk here. IMHO, there is a big difference between this and say, Jonathon Pollard.
May 31, 2005 - 12:01 pm 3. Robert Crawford:It’s hard to take accusations against AIPAC, et. al. seriously when Sandy Berger is walking free. The Feds need to take the law seriously ALWAYS, not just when it’s politically convenient.
May 31, 2005 - 12:14 pm 4. jerry:Be advised to closer at the actual charges. Larry Franklyn was not charged with espionage. He was charged with mishandling classified information. The same charge levied against Sandy “Socks” Berger. I find it dificult to believe that the AIPEC recipients of the data would be charged with espionaged while Franklyn was charged with simple misuse.
May 31, 2005 - 12:20 pm 5. Robert Crawford:Jerry, no charges were filed against Berger. He cut a meaningless sweet-heart deal — he can’t handle classified information until the next administration, unless he’s asked to do it — as he’s one of the Overmen.
Franklin should be offered the same deal.
May 31, 2005 - 12:38 pm 6. DSmith:It’s also hard to take accusations against AIPAC seriously when it sometimes seems like half of Washington has taken money from CAIR or their friends at some point.
May 31, 2005 - 3:01 pm 7. exmaple:“My question is why.”
Larouchites in the FBI ferreting out the “neocons?”
The “why” is a good question for recent news the Franklin chap had permission to take documents home, in Maryland or Virginia. But he moved at some time to West Virginia, he had no permission to take the documents to West Virginia, so he was charged with unlawfully taking documents to West Virginia even though he could take the documents legally to Maryland and Virginia.
Sound to strange to be true? Read this CNN article:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/24/pentagon.secrets/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Such a waste when the FBI could persue Canadian subversion in the UN OFF program which actually helped an enemy of the States.
May 31, 2005 - 8:30 pm 8. Cynic:From my position on the sidelines the behaviour of the Administration seems to have become more like that of Bush the Elder than Bush the Younger’s first term.
Harassing Jews and Israel is more noticeable as well as a decline in deeds to match GWB’s speech.
Where are the protests in favour of democracy at this latest incident.
“Egypt blocks prominent playwright from entering Israel to receive honors”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/582856.html
Then again your FBI seems adept at cutting its nose off……
Jun 1, 2005 - 5:45 am