Steven Rosen - Revision history

Jasmin Ramsey at 18:32, 25 November 2010

2010-11-25T18:32:52Z

Jasmin Ramsey: /* FBI Espionage probe */

2010-09-10T21:52:41Z

FBI Espionage probe

Idrees: /* Manufacturing a Strategic Asset */

2010-09-04T12:38:33Z

Manufacturing a Strategic Asset

Idrees at 01:52, 4 September 2010

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Idrees: /* Influencing the Executive Branch */

2010-09-04T01:40:06Z

Influencing the Executive Branch

Idrees: /* Rosen Lectures */

2010-09-01T20:26:34Z

Rosen Lectures

Idrees at 19:49, 1 September 2010

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Idrees: /* Affiliations */

2010-09-01T19:48:19Z

Affiliations

Idrees: /* Rosen Lectures */

2010-09-01T19:46:48Z

Rosen Lectures

Idrees: /* Rosen Lectures */

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Rosen Lectures

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 ==FBI Espionage probe==
-Rosen was charged with receiving classified US Government documents from [[Larry Franklin]]:
+Rosen was charged with receiving classified US Government documents from [[Larry Franklin]] who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2006:<ref>DAVID JOHNSTON, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/politics/20cnd-franklin.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=1a2688daa350509b&hp=&ex=1137819600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print "Pentagon Analyst Gets 12 Years for Disclosing Data"], New York Times, 20 January 2006</ref>
 :Mr. Rosen and Mr. Weissman were charged in an indictment in August 2005 with conspiring to gather and disclose classified national security information to journalists and an unnamed foreign power that government officials identified as Israel. Aipac dismissed the two men in April 2005.
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 :The indictment said the two men had disclosed classified information about a number of subjects, including American policy in Iran, terrorism in central Asia, Al Qaeda and the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers apartment in Saudi Arabia, which killed 23 Americans, mainly members of the military. Lawyers for the two men have sought to have the indictment against them dismissed.
-:As Aipac's director of foreign policy issues, Mr. Rosen was a well-known figure in Washington who helped the organization define its lobbying agenda on the Middle East and forged important relationships with powerful conservatives in the Bush administration.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/politics/20cnd-franklin.html?_r=2&ei=5094&en=1a2688daa350509b&hp=&ex=1137819600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Pentagon Analyst Gets 12 Years for Disclosing Data], by [[David Johnston]], [[New York Times]], 20 January 2006.</ref>
+:As Aipac's director of foreign policy issues, Mr. Rosen was a well-known figure in Washington who helped the organization define its lobbying agenda on the Middle East and forged important relationships with powerful conservatives in the Bush administration.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/politics/20cnd-franklin.html?_r=2&ei=5094&en=1a2688daa350509b&hp=&ex=1137819600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Pentagon Analyst Gets 12 Years for Disclosing Data], by David Johnston, New York Times, 20 January 2006.</ref>
 According to [[Jeffrey Goldberg|Goldberg]], after receiving classified information from [[Larry Franklin|Franklin]],
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 During the espionage trial Rosen was represented by [[Abbe Lowell]] who also represented disgraced lobbyist [[Jack Abramoff]]. He also received public support from [[Martin Indyk]].<ref name="jg"/>
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==FBI Espionage probe==
-[[AIPAC]] lobbyist charged with receiving classified US Government documents from [[Larry Franklin]].
+Rosen was charged with receiving classified US Government documents from [[Larry Franklin]]:
 :Mr. Rosen and Mr. Weissman were charged in an indictment in August 2005 with conspiring to gather and disclose classified national security information to journalists and an unnamed foreign power that government officials identified as Israel. Aipac dismissed the two men in April 2005.

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 ===Manufacturing a Strategic Asset===
-In 1982, writes Tivnan, AIPAC began publishing a series heavily footnoted of 'position papers' under [[Steven Rosen]]'s editorship that focused on Israel's strategic value to the United States. The papers had descriptive titles like ''Israel and the US Air Force'' or ''Israel and the US Navy'', and touted the strategic assistance that Israel could supposedly offer.<ref>Tivnan (1987): 180</ref>
+In 1982, writes Tivnan, [[AIPAC]] began publishing a series heavily footnoted of 'position papers' under [[Steven Rosen]]'s editorship aimed not at its membership but at policymakers in the White House, Pentagon and State Department. They focused on Israel's strategic value to the United States. The papers had descriptive titles like ''Israel and the US Air Force'' or ''Israel and the US Navy'', and touted the strategic assistance that Israel could supposedly offer.<ref>Tivnan (1987): 180</ref>
 ==Target Iran==

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 Steven Rosen is a former RAND analyst and an [[AIPAC]] lobbyist who is credited with expanding the lobby group's influence from the congress to the executive branch. He was brought to AIPAC by [[Larry Weinberg]], and influential Israel lobbyist [[Martin Indyk]] served as his deputy. In 2004, Rosen became implicated in an FBI espionage investigation on charges of passing classified information on Iran from [[Larry Franklin]], an agent in the Pentagon, to the Israeli Embassy's political counsellor [[Naor Gilon]]. Months later he was fired by AIPAC executive director [[Howard Kohr]] (whom Rosen had earlier chosen for AIPAC leadership).<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>
 ==On Lobbying and Influence==
 In an interview with [[Jeffrey Goldberg]] of the New Yorker, Rosen responded to question about [[AIPAC]]'s influence thus:

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	:Rosen began to court officials. He traded in gossip and speculation, and his reports to aipac’s leaders helped them track currents in Middle East policymaking before those currents coalesced into executive orders. Rosen also used his contacts to carry aipac’s agenda to the White House. An early success came in 1983, when he helped lobby for a strategic coöperation agreement between Israel and the United States, which was signed over the objections of Caspar Weinberger, the Secretary of Defense, and which led to a new level of intelligence sharing and military sales.<ref name="jg"/>		:Rosen began to court officials. He traded in gossip and speculation, and his reports to aipac’s leaders helped them track currents in Middle East policymaking before those currents coalesced into executive orders. Rosen also used his contacts to carry aipac’s agenda to the White House. An early success came in 1983, when he helped lobby for a strategic coöperation agreement between Israel and the United States, which was signed over the objections of Caspar Weinberger, the Secretary of Defense, and which led to a new level of intelligence sharing and military sales.<ref name="jg"/>
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		+	In 1982, writes Tivnan, AIPAC began publishing a series heavily footnoted of 'position papers' under [[Steven Rosen]]'s editorship that focused on Israel's strategic value to the United States. The papers had descriptive titles like ''Israel and the US Air Force'' or ''Israel and the US Navy'', and touted the strategic assistance that Israel could supposedly offer.<ref>Tivnan (1987): 180</ref>

	==Target Iran==		==Target Iran==

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 *[http://www.meforum.org/2643/crisis-us-israel-relations U.S.-Israel Relations in Crisis], ''Middle East Forum'', 21 April 2010
 *[http://www.meforum.org/2133/israel-and-the-iranian-bomb Israel and the Iranian Bomb], ''Middle East Forum'', 27 April 2009
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 ==Affiliations==
-*[[AIPAC]] - 1982-2005
+*[[AIPAC]] - director of foreign policy affairs (1982-2005)
 *[[RAND Corporation]]
 *[[Middle East Forum]] - Visiting Fellow and director of the Forum's Washington Project.<ref>Press Releases, [http://www.meforum.org/2092/steven-j-rosen-joins-mef-as-visiting-fellow Steven J. Rosen Joins MEF as Visiting Fellow], ''Midddle East Forum'', 2 March 2009</ref>

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 *[[Howard Kohr]]
 ==Rosen Lectures==
-*[http://www.meforum.org/2669/criticizing-israel Criticizing Israel, Outside of Israel], ''Middle East Forum'', 4 June 2010
+*[http://www.meforum.org/2669/criticizing-israel Criticizing Israel, Outside of Israel], ''Middle East Forum'', 4 June 2010 (Rosen argues against criticizing Israel outside of Israel)
 *[http://www.meforum.org/2643/crisis-us-israel-relations U.S.-Israel Relations in Crisis], ''Middle East Forum'', 21 April 2010