U.S. Might Not Try Pro-Israel Lobbyists For Espionage

[Fireweed247]

The U.S. government may abandon espionage-law charges against two former lobbyists for a pro-Israel advocacy group, officials said yesterday, as a prominent House lawmaker denied new allegations that she offered to use her influence in their behalf.

Harman's expression of outrage added a political dimension to the prosecution of the two former lobbyists, who were charged in 2005 under a World War I-era espionage law with conspiring to give national defense information to journalists and Israeli Embassy officials.

With the trial set to begin June 2, the Justice Department is reviewing whether to proceed as planned or withdraw the indictments after a series of adverse court rulings, according to law enforcement sources and lawyers close to the case.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102602.html

Uhm, WHY? So Harman's pressure must have worked??

[Fireweed247]

1. thanks for the rec

:hi:

[TheWraith]

2. Kicked and recommended. nt

[Soylent Brice]

3. wow.

does anybody else feel like they're really high when they read shit like this?

[shadowknows69]

6. I usually am really high, but that's beside the point.

Drugs or not it is still a surreal situation.

[Soylent Brice]

8. that's awesome.

shadowknowshowtogethigh

surreal is definitely the word to describe this.

[Fireweed247]

11. In the words of NOFX

"It's not the right time to be sober. Now that the idiots have taken over"

[Leftist Agitator]

4. What a shock.

[Mari333]

5. the fix is in nt

[Echo In Light]

7. Shocking

[FLAprogressive]

9. why is this a surprise?

Israel could nuke us and we'd still kowtow to them

[Occam Bandage]

10. It's okay to compromise American security if you're doing it for Israel.

What harm could it cause? After all, if any aspect of our foreign policy was not finely crafted to benefit Israel, well, that would be downright un-American. Nothing is as American as Israel.