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May 4, 2009

Justice Dept. Drops AIPAC Espionage Case
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The Justice Department has dropped espionage charges against two former
employees of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The
men, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, were charged with obtaining
classified information and passing it to the Israeli government. The
charges were dropped, even though a former Pentagon analyst, Lawrence
Franklin, had already pleaded guilty to disclosing classified
information to AIPAC. Franklin is currently serving more than twelve
years in prison.



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