Lawyer: Rice Allegedly Leaked Defense info

[katty]

more:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042101648_pf.html

Lawyer: Rice Allegedly Leaked Defense Info

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
The Associated Press
Saturday, April 22, 2006; 12:59 AM


ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday.

Prosecutors disputed the claim.

The allegations against Rice came as a federal judge granted a defense request to issue subpoenas sought by the defense for Rice and three other government officials in the trial of Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman. The two are former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who are charged with receiving and disclosing national defense information.

Defense lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss the charges because, among other things, they believe it seeks to criminalize the type of backchannel exchanges between government officials, lobbyists and the press that are part and parcel of how Washington works.

During Friday's hearing, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said he is considering dismissing the government's entire case because the law used to prosecute Rosen and Weissman may be unconstitutionally vague and broad and infringe on freedom of speech

[Ecumenist]

1. Umm, haven't people been executed for

less? I mean, correct me if I"m wrong but isn't this considered treason in a time of war?:shrug:

[HereSince1628]

2. The VP has the authority to declassify, as the VP apparent

Condi just assumed that she was OK to do this...

Besides she was leaking to someone from the 51st state. It's not like it was a foreign government. :crazy:

[Ecumenist]

3. Uhh, yeah... I forgot about that...

this is the new post 911 world. Leave us not forget about the fact that the leaks were actually the fault of the black ops Leprechaun division of the government. It wasn't the pResident selectee, cheney the master of darkness, kindasleezie Lice,(I'm a black woman and this really disgusts me that another black woman allows herself to be used this way she has)...Joe Wilson has been lying the wntire time and EVERYONE is lying about those transcendental WMD's in Iraq and wherever else they need to be to provide the slimmest of reasons to attack other countries- who just happen to sitting atop our oil...:sarcasm: