Saturday, April 22, 2006

What is sauce for the goose...

As we all know is just as tasty on the gander. And the Washington Post reveals that this culinary fact could become a central part of the stinky AIPAC mess currently before the courts.
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.
There is much more going on here than meets the eye. Suffice it to say that what is being alleged is no more nor less than what got a CIA official fired this week. The only arguable difference is who wanted it leaked and that makes no difference when dealing with classified information.

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