Leak Investigation Ordered (AIPAC)

[TomInTib]

Leak Investigation Ordered
How Media Learned About Probe of Pro-Israel Lobbyists Sought

By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 23, 2006; A04



A federal judge has ordered an investigation into how reporters learned that two pro-Israel lobbyists were under federal investigation before they were formally charged, creating even more scrutiny of the media in a case with broad First Amendment implications.

The order by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria came in the case against Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, who are charged with receiving and disseminating national defense information. Legal experts say the case could lead to criminal prosecutions of reporters or newspapers that print information the government has classified.

In an entry on the docket in U.S. District Court, Ellis ordered the Justice Department to conduct a leak investigation into whether government employees disclosed details of the investigation to CBS News in 2004. The docket entry was dated last week, but Ellis further explained it in a previously classified order made public yesterday.

In that order, Ellis denied defense requests to throw out much of the evidence against Rosen and Weissman, partly because of leaks to the media, but said defense attorneys could renew their motion later if the leak investigation results "warrant doing so."

And awaaay we go!:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082201302_pf.html

[HongKonger]

1. So...

kill the messengers... the one's who leaked the truth... rather than nail the Israeli spies.

Now how does that work? And why?

What happened to busting the traitors?

[H2O Man]

2. This is part of

the effort to nail the AIPAC lads for espionage. Their supporters are spewing disinformation -- that the case targets journalists and is about a free press -- much like they did in the Plame case.

No journalists have been charged. Just three people who were engaged in espionage: one from the Bush administration, two from AIPAC.

[CollegeDUer]

3. Israel can do no wrong; evil liberal media!

That about sums it up.

[magellan]

4. Ellis. Isn't he the same district judge who just overturned

...a $10 million jury verdict against a company accused of overcharging on an Iraq reconstruction contract, because he ruled the Coalition Provisional Authority, which awarded the contract, wasn't an entity of the US?

[TomInTib]

5. Yep

Damn those activist judges!

That was good old Custer, Battles that he let slime out of that deal.

In time, CPA wil prove to be one of the biggest boondoggles of all time.

I know someone who spent 6 months sitting behind a desk and handing out sacks of cash containing $60K all day long.

[magellan]

6. Well, isn't that nice!

It's starting to become clear where that "lost" $9 billion in US taxpayer money went, isn't it?

:mad: