Feds to Appeal Ruling in AIPAC Case

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Source: AP

Yet another delay is expected in the trial of two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of disclosing U.S. secrets after prosecutors told a judge Friday they plan to appeal a critical ruling on how classified information will be introduced at trial.

The ruling issued this week by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III is sealed, but a lawyer for one defendant portrayed prosecutors' decision to appeal as the latest in a series of setbacks to the government's case.

Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, were accused in 2005 of illegally disclosing sensitive national defense information. Their trial originally was set for 2006 but will now have to be rescheduled an eighth time -- the latest date had been set for next month.

''It's now pretty clear that the government does not want to try this case,'' said Rosen's lawyer, Abbe Lowell. ''They filed these charges without thinking them through, and there appears to be no one in government with enough authority or courage to admit they made a mistake.''



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[fascisthunter]

1. I Want to See These Worms from AIPAC Pay to the Fullest Extent of the Law

I want it done to send a message to AIPAC!

[DCKit]

6. It would be even more fun to learn the names of everyone they lobbied. n/t

[antigop]

2. Thanks for the update. I was wondering about this case... n/t

[annabanana]

3. "pretty clear that the government does not want to try this case"

THIS (B*sh) government does not want to try this case...

(just sayin')

[peacetalksforall]

4. It is b.s. It is ultra-transparent. What a set-up - another set-up.

They appear to be traitors and are probably walking around, enjoying some trips, and probably writing a book - while Seigleman was at the Raw Republican end of a conspiracy - who heard a verdict, was manacled and hauled off to prison - hightly unusuals stuff for white collar crime - even if he was guilty.

History will reveal the machinations of AIPAC and it AIN'T GOOD for the United States of America citizens.

Pure b.s. - re the prosecutors.

[donkeyotay]

5. The most important aspect of our govt is that they can't let us know what they do.

What will they tell the children the dupes, the rubes whose taxes we steal...er, the citizens?

Lawyers have been meeting for weeks in secret hearings in an effort to take classified evidence and develop unclassified substitutes that can be used at a public trial. The process is frequently unwieldy, but has been especially so in this case.

Did you know that AIPAC was exempted in the latest "lobbying reform"? Did you know that the country most often referred to in the Larry Franklin indictment was IraN?