It appears as if they’ve been able to get away with it once again, following in the footsteps of so many Jewish spies before them.  Ironically, this is the same espionage case that Jewish congresswoman Jane Harman was just recently involved in.  She was caught red-handed in a NSA wiretapped conversation saying that she would help out AIPAC by urging for leniency in the case of the arrested Israeli spies Rosen and Weissman.  And now these men are being exonerated of all charges!  How strangely convenient.  You can read my post about the Jane Harman scandal by clicking here.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Federal Prosecutors moved Friday to dismiss espionage-related charges against two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of disclosing classified U.S. defense information, ending a tortuous inside-the-Beltway legal battle rife with national security intrigue.

Critics of the prosecution of Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee accused the federal government of trying to criminalize the sort of back-channel discussions between government officials, lobbyists and reporters that are commonplace in the nation’s capital. AIPAC is an influential pro-Israel lobbying group.

Well this is reassuring.  I’m glad to know that the transfer of classified defense information is commonplace between the government and AIPAC.

Acting U.S. Attorney Dana Boente said…he was worried that classified information would be disclosed at trial.

So this is a reason not to prosecute?  Has this pitiful excuse ever been used before to discourage the prosecution of spies who have passed classified defense information to other countries?  I highly doubt it.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III had made several legal rulings that prosecutors worried would make it almost impossible to obtain a guilty verdict. Among them was a requirement that the government would have to prove that Rosen and Weissman knew they were harming the United States by trading in sensitive national defense information.

Does anyone in their right mind think that they are not harming the country by stealing “sensitive national defense information?”

Weissman’s lawyer, Baruch Weiss, called the dismissal a “huge victory for the First Amendment.” Had Rosen and Weissman been convicted, he said it would have set a precedent for prosecuting reporters any time they obtained information from government officials that was later deemed too sensitive to be disclosed.

Of course, no Jew would ever pick a lawyer who is not Jewish, and this holds true for Weissman and Rosen.  What Baruch Weiss means is that this is a huge victory for AIPAC and Jewish officials everywhere.  Since when has the act of transferring classified defense information to a foreign country been covered under the First Amendment?  How is this free speech?  Historically this act has been properly labeled as treason, and offenders were put to death for such things.  But, apparently not for a couple Jews who are just trying to help out our best friend Israel.  In fact, Israel is such a good friend that the U.S. is subjected to more espionage from them than by any other country in the world.

A former Defense Department official, Lawrence A. Franklin, previously pleaded guilty to providing Rosen and Weissman classified defense information and was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

So the man who provided this “unimportant” information to them is serving 12 years in prison, but the two men who accepted the information and transferred it to Israel get off scott-free?

Had the case gone to trial, Rosen and Weissman had won the right to subpoena former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other top Bush administration officials. The defense believed their testimony would support the claim that the United States regularly uses AIPAC to send back-channel communications to Israel.

Again, this is very reassuring.  The United States government “regularly uses AIPAC to send back-channel communications to Israel.”  This is apparently so commonplace that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was well aware of it.

The indictment had alleged that Rosen and Weissman conspired to obtain and then disclosed classified information on U.S. policy toward Iran

Iran, yet another war that would not be in our nation’s best interests.  However, it would be great for Israel.  And since America has made it a policy to send our soldiers to dispose of Israel’s enemies, why not try to drag us into another one?

AIPAC spokesman Patrick Dorton said the organization is “pleased that the Justice Department has dismissed the charges. This is a great day for Steve Rosen, Keith Weissman and their families.”

What Dorton really means is that this is a great day for the future of Israeli espionage.

The government’s decision also won praise from the American Jewish Committee.

“The Department of Justice has now reaffirmed that the law of the United States protects citizens who engage in the everyday and essential work of political advocacy,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090501/ap_on_go_ot/us_pentagon_spy_probe

Of course they praised the decision!  They don’t look at these things as right or wrong, but instead as what is best for the Jews.  If the American Jewish Committee had any credibility whatsoever they would be denouncing this type of behavior regardless of the perpetrators.  But no, since this act was committed by Jews for Israel they don’t care if it was illegal or not.  They’re just happy they got away with it.

Everyday essential work and polital advocacy?  How is illegally passing classified defense information to foreign nations “essential political advocacy?”

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