FBI steps up AIPAC espionage probe
from: The Christian Science Monitor December 16, 2004
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1216/dailyUpdate.html
Officials to appear in front of grand jury, but pro-Israel lobby
group says it has done nothing wrong.
by Tom Regan csmonitor.com
The FBI has stepped up its investigation into alleged Israeli
espionage against the US, United Press International reported last
week, and in particular the operations of the most powerful
pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington, the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, also know as AIPAC.
The FBI raided AIPAC's offices in early December. Time magazine
reported that the raid, the second in four months, was "seeking
evidence to determine whether two AIPAC officials received classified
information from a former Pentagon analyst and passed the data to
Israeli government officials." The FBI had a search warrant for "the
files of officials Steven Rosen, AIPAC director of foreign policy
issues, and AIPAC Iran expert Keith Weissman." The FBI also served
grand jury subpoenas on four senior AIPAC officials.
The Forward reported that staffers at other pro-Israel organizations
believe that the subpoenas "severely undermined [AIPAC]'s claim
that it was the victim of a few rogue investigators."
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