20060121
DEATH TO SPIES - DEATH TO TRAITORS
A former Defense Department analyst was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison yesterday for passing government secrets to two employees of a pro-Israel lobbying group and to an Israeli government official in Washington.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012000877.html
Franklin did not intend to harm the United States when he gave the classified data to the employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, one of Washington's most influential lobbying organizations. When he pleaded guilty, Franklin, an Iran specialist, said he was frustrated with the direction of U.S. policy and thought he could influence it through "back channels." The Middle Eastern country was not named, but Franklin disclosed at his plea hearing that some of the material related to Iran.
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