The AIPAC Spy Case RIP

Pajamas Media ^ | 5/5/09 | Clarice Feldman

[the Real fifi]

After costing the named defendants their positions, subjecting them and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to unwarranted slander and speculation, and running up the defense legal tab to over four million dollars, the Department of Justice last Friday moved to dismiss the indictment against Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, former officials of AIPAC.

The language in the government’s motion to dismiss is dry and somewhat disingenuous (the motion can be found here in PDF). The motion suggests that it wasn’t obvious from the outset that the case would require some disclosure of classified information. It’s hard for me to picture how the government imagined such sensitive disclosures would occur. (Of course, at one point in the trial they outlined one plan to do so — something I called at the time the “cone of silence” procedure. It was so ludicrous the Department of Justice was laughed out of court on it.)

As for the other pre-trial rulings referred to in the motion to dismiss, I discussed them here in an article for Pajamas Media. (See additional details in my American Thinker article here.) At that time, counsel for the defendants saw no sign that the government was willing to drop the matter despite the contrary rulings and substantial evidentiary questions directed at the prosecutors, and I predicted (wrongly) it would not let go of the case:

[the Real fifi]

The Harman AIPAC report is an idiotic fabrication.

[jazusamo]

Feldman bump.

[Stepan12]

These vicious entrapment cases dessigned to terrify American Jewish supporters of Israel into silence will not work with me. I also call for the release of Jewish hero Jonathan Pollard and Catholic hero, Larry Franklin.

Larry Franklin is one of the few thatunderstands the threat from Iran and tried to bring it to people's attention. Now he faces a 12 year sentence while people like Sandy Berger get a slap on the wrist for covering up for William Clinton.

Also kudos go to Daniel Pipes for giving Steve Rosen a job after the cowards at AIPAC releived Rosen and suspended pay for him. This is a feather in professor Pipes cap.