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| + | [[AIPAC]] lobbyist charged with receiving classified US Government documents from [[Larry Franklin]]. | ||
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| + | ::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. | ||
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| + | ::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> | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *[[AIPAC]] | ||
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| + | ==Connections== | ||
| + | *[[Keith Weissman]] | ||
| + | *[[Larry Franklin]] | ||
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==Related Articles== | ==Related Articles== | ||
| − | *James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war Iran: The Next War], ''Rolling Stone'', August 10, 2006 | + | *James Bamford, [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10962352/iran_the_next_war Iran: The Next War], ''Rolling Stone'', August 10, 2006. |
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 23:40, 23 April 2008
AIPAC lobbyist 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.
- 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.[1]
Affiliations
Connections
Related Articles
- James Bamford, Iran: The Next War, Rolling Stone, August 10, 2006.
References
- ↑ Pentagon Analyst Gets 12 Years for Disclosing Data, by David Johnston, New York Times, 20 January 2006.
