Posted on 05/04/2005 8:49:52 AM PDT by areafiftyone
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI arrested a Pentagon analyst Wednesday on charges that he illegally passed classified information about potential attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq to employees of a pro-Israel group.
Larry Franklin, 58, of Kearneysville, W. Va., turned himself in Wednesday morning, FBI spokeswoman Debra Weierman said. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Virginia later Wednesday, Weierman said.
Franklin, who specialized on Iran and Middle Eastern affairs, allegedly gave the information to two people not entitled to receive it at a luncheon meeting at a restaurant in Arlington, Va., in June 2003, the Justice Department said in a statement. The people at the lunch were employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity because they are not identified in court papers.
FBI agents twice searched AIPAC offices as part of the investigation about whether Israel improperly obtained classified U.S. information on Iran. They also have interviewed two AIPAC employees about whether Franklin gave them classified information that wound up in Israel's hands.
AIPAC said it gave the FBI files related to those same two employees, who previously were identified - Steve Rosen, the director of research, and Keith Weissman, deputy director of foreign policy issues.
Neither still works for the group.
AIPAC declined to comment Wednesday.
It was not immediately clear how the information related to Iran.
I knew that idea would work! ;)
From the black helicopter crowd, eh?
This theory has been debunked...find a new reason to hate Israel.
Negative.
When five Israeli intelligence assets are set up with their video camera prior to the first impact, it's going to take more than "black helicopter" cracks to "debunk" the record.
"Vehicle possibly related to New York terrorist attack. White, 2000 Chevrolet van with New Jersey registration with 'Urban Moving Systems' sign on back seen at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, at the time of first impact of jetliner into World Trade Center.
"Three individuals with van were seen celebrating after initial impact and subsequent explosion. FBI Newark Field Office requests that, if the van is located, hold for prints and detain individuals."
ABCNEWS' Chris Isham, John Miller, Glenn Silber and Chris Vlasto contributed to this report.
Exactly how to you go about documenting an event unless you know there will be an event?
Now do me a favor and burn out my E-Mail. I'm getting stuff from sources I've never contacted, heard of or even wanted to hear of.
My delete key needs replacement.
All your delete keys are belong to me!
Larry Franklin is not Israeli or Jewish.
Hey retard they started filming when the attack happen as did many people who were their did, it is a natural human reaction to start filming an event like that if you have cameras.
Are you going to say the Mossad was behind 9/11 and Osama was framed too?
For your information the Mossad also had spies following the hijackers in Florida and WARNED our intel community, but were ignored. Mossad Warned U.S. Of Impending Attack
For YEARS ISRAEL was warning America that Muslim terrorists were coming here to attack, but retards like you just ignored them or would claim that Israel is trying to manipulate America.
Remember Meir Kahane? The JDL (Jewish Defense League)?
Back in the 1960's they were warning America of what was happening in the Middle East with Islam would come to our shores. But as usual Retards like you shrugged it off, and thought they were crazy extreme Jews.
The fact that Freepers even might believe the Arab Muslim Nazi propaganda of Israel was behind 9/11 just goes to show why America will be attacked again because many Americans still dont understand what happen on 9/11.
If you really think Israel knew, then do you advocate we go to War with Israel? And look at your sources they are all go back to Al-Jazeera and the Arab Muslim Nazi governments that would love to take the focus off them and on to Israel. It seems they are working!
And if you believe your sources then you also must believe Bush is being manipulated by the Zionists in our government.
Looks like we are in agreement.
It appears warning our intel community did not help.
I wish they would have called 911 or FOX News instead of setting up prior to the first impact in order to document the event.
According to the FBI BOLO, the White... van...(was) seen at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, at the time of first impact of jetliner into World Trade Center.
From the New Jersey News:
"However, sources close to the investigation said they found other evidence linking the men to the bombing plot."
"There are maps of the city in the car with certain places highlighted," the source said. "It looked like they're hooked in with this. It looked like they knew what was going to happen when they were at Liberty State Park."
If you have any information, that corrects the FBI BOLO, the statements of sources close to the investigation, or the New York Times September 13,2001 report that stated categorically the indivuals detained were set up to videotape the event prior to the first impact, please post it.
From the FBI BOLO issued at at 3:31 p.m.
"Vehicle possibly related to New York terrorist attack. White, 2000 Chevrolet van with New Jersey registration with 'Urban Moving Systems' sign on back seen at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, at the time of first impact of jetliner into World Trade Center."
You need to read the articles in the links I provided, especially the one in #100:
. "After they returned to Israel at the end of November, the five men told local media that they were kept in solitary confinement, beaten, deprived of food and questioned while blindfolded and in their underwear."
If it was all so natural and innocent, why do you think they spent over 50 days in confinement?
Let me give you the answer.Their videotape recorded the first hijacked airliner crashing onto the World Trade Center. I bet you are smart enough to figure out what that means.
Whose fault is that?
It is the CIA,FBI and the rest of our government.
I wish they would have called 911 or FOX News instead of setting up prior to the first impact in order to document the event.
Yea Im sure the Mossad can just call Fox News and they will run a story. Then people like you will just say Fox News is a branch of the Zionist Conspiracy!
The same reason thousands of innocent people were held in confinement and later released. Panice, Chaos and a lot of Government STUPIDITY!
Ever heard of Daniel M. Lewin! A brave former Israeli Commando who died trying to fight the Islamic Animals on 9/11!
Was he notified by the Israeli Mossad?
Obviously not so dont ever dare go into your anti-semitic theories of how it is all a Zionist plot!
panice=panic
If emotion is all you have to contribute, don't bother.
If you have any information, that corrects the FBI BOLO, the statements of sources close to the investigation, or the New York Times September 13,2001 report that stated categorically the indivuals detained were set up to videotape the event prior to the first impact, please post it.
Since when does the SLIMES have any credibility here? If you can take a break from your emotional rants long enough to engage the facts, please consider the post below.
Your are the one on the emotional rant who ignores all the facts and just blames da jooooooos!
We do know the following Israel warned our intel communities numerous times about an attack, our intel communities ignored them.
The Mossad was tracking Atta and Al-Qaeda here, to see their connections to Hamas and Islamic Jihad that terrorize Israel. Now if the Mossad knew an attack would happen possibly on 9/11 it would only be after they warned us repeatedly and we did nothing, they probably were waiting to see document how Al-Qaeda operates.
As for those 5 Israelis on a NJ rooftop, they were just idiots. We dont know the full, but if their was something then the Arabist State Department would have exploited it to the fullest.
How come you ignore this story A Brooklyn boy predicted the World Trade Center attacks
Does this mean all Pakistani immigrants knew about 9/11 and helped Al-Qaeda?
There is a very strong link between 9-11 and Pakistan.
The Chief of the Pakistani ISI wired Atta $100,000. The 9-11 paymaster,Saeed Sheikh, is still in Pakistan. KSM was captured in Pakistan.
I say the Pakistani boy's parents have some questions to answer.
Franklin, a 58-year-old Air Force Reserve colonel who once worked for the Pentagon's No. 3 official, pleaded innocent to all counts Monday at a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Va.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III set a Sept. 6 trial.
The indictment identifies two unindicted coconspirators who were employees of a Washington lobbying organization. The men previously have been identified as executives of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a lobbying organization influential on U.S.-Israeli relations.
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