Lawrence Anthony Franklin - Revision history

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Idrees: Larry Franklin moved to Lawrence Anthony Franklin

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Larry Franklin moved to Lawrence Anthony Franklin

Tom Griffin: added categories Spooks/DIA

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Claire Robinson at 12:17, 10 March 2009

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David at 15:51, 23 November 2008

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Claire Robinson at 13:15, 23 November 2008

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Claire Robinson: /* By the Elbow the President */

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By the Elbow the President

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−	'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. He is a close associate of the neoconservatives [[Harold Rhode]] and [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name="jg">Jeffrey Goldberg, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/07/04/050704fa_fact?currentPage=all Real Insiders], ''New Yorker'', 4 July 2005</ref> Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].	+	'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. He is a close associate of the neoconservatives [[Harold Rhode]] and [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name="jg">Jeffrey Goldberg, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/07/04/050704fa_fact?currentPage=all Real Insiders], ''New Yorker'', 4 July 2005</ref> Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]]. During the espionage trial Franklin received pro bono legal representation from [[Plato Cacheris]], a lawyer arranged by [[Michael Ledeen\|Ledeen]]. (Cacheris also represented Monica Lewinsky and the FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who spied for Russia).<ref name="jg"/>

	Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>		Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>

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 *[[AIPAC]] - Informant
 *[[Defense Intelligence Agency]] - Iran Analyst
 ==External Resources==

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−	'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. He ~~was~~ a close associate of the neoconservatives [[Harold Rhode]] and [[Michael Ledeen]]. Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].	+	'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. He is a close associate of the neoconservatives [[Harold Rhode]] and [[Michael Ledeen]].<ref name="jg">Jeffrey Goldberg, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/07/04/050704fa_fact?currentPage=all Real Insiders], ''New Yorker'', 4 July 2005</ref> Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].

	Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>		Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>

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−	'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].	+	'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. He was a close associate of the neoconservatives [[Harold Rhode]] and [[Michael Ledeen]]. Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].

	Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>		Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>

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 ==Notes==
 <references/>
-[[category:Israel Lobby|Franklin, Larry]]
+[[category:Spooks|Franklin, Larry]][[category:DIA|Franklin, Larry]][[category:Israel Lobby|Franklin, Larry]]

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-'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/]. He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].
+'''Lawrence (Larry) Franklin''' is a former Iran specialist at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] who worked in the office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [[Douglas Feith]] and reported directly to Feith's deputy, [[William Luti]]. Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on January 20, 2006 on the charges of spying for Israel. <ref>[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9524480.htm][http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/].</ref> He was caught by the FBI passing classified documents on Iran to an Israeli diplomat and two members of the Israel Lobby group AIPAC, [[Steven Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]].
-Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2] During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv. [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]
+Before moving to the Middle East division in early 1990s, Franklin was a Soviet analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He learned Farsi and became an Iran analyst, developing extensive contacts among Iranians who opposed the Tehran government. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref> During his stint in the Air Force Reserve he served two short tours at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/politics/29spy.html?pagewanted=2]</ref>
 ==Espionage and Allegations of Treason==
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 ===By the elbow of the President===
-According to Bamford, 'Rosen, recognizing that Franklin could serve as a useful spy, immediately began plotting ways to plant him in the White House — specifically in the National Security Council, the epicenter of intelligence and national security policy. By working there, Rosen told Franklin a few days later, he would be "by the elbow of the president."...Knowing that such a maneuver was well within AIPAC's capabilities, Franklin asked Rosen to "put in a good word" for him. Rosen agreed.'{{ref|jb}}
+According to Bamford, 'Rosen, recognizing that Franklin could serve as a useful spy, immediately began plotting ways to plant him in the White House — specifically in the National Security Council, the epicenter of intelligence and national security policy. By working there, Rosen told Franklin a few days later, he would be "by the elbow of the president."...Knowing that such a maneuver was well within AIPAC's capabilities, Franklin asked Rosen to "put in a good word" for him. Rosen agreed.'<ref>James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war Iran: The Next War], ''Rolling Stone'', August 10, 2006</ref>
 ===Draft Iran Directive===
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 ==External Resources==
-*{{note|jb}}James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war Iran: The Next War], ''Rolling Stone'', August 10, 2006
 *Matthew Barakat, [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/21/ex_pentagon_analyst_sentenced_to_12_years/ "Ex-Pentagon analyst sentenced to 12 years,"] Associated Press (''Boston Globe''), January 21, 2006.
-*[http://www.antiwar.com/rep2/FranklinSupersedingIndictment.pdf Franklin Superseding Indictment], via Antiwar.com, accessed 27 April 2008.</ref>
+*[http://www.antiwar.com/rep2/FranklinSupersedingIndictment.pdf Franklin Superseding Indictment], via Antiwar.com, accessed 27 April 2008.
 [[category:Israel Lobby]]

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 :Unable to win the internal battle over Iran being waged within the administration, a member of Feith's secret unit in the Pentagon was effectively resorting to treason, recruiting AIPAC to use its enormous influence to pressure the president into adopting the draft directive and wage war against Iran.{{ref|jb}}
-===By the Elbow the President===
+===By the elbow of the President===
 According to Bamford, 'Rosen, recognizing that Franklin could serve as a useful spy, immediately began plotting ways to plant him in the White House—specifically in the National Security Council, the epicenter of intelligence and national-security policy. By working there, Rosen told Franklin a few days later, he would be "by the elbow of the president."...Knowing that such a maneuver was well within AIPAC's capabilities, Franklin asked Rosen to "put in a good word" for him. Rosen agreed.'{{ref|jb}}