First They Came for the Jews

A prosecution under the Espionage Act threatens the First Amendment.

Early in June 2004, an employee of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC--better known by its media tag, "the powerful Israeli lobby"--received an urgent phone call. Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin, a specialist on Iran, informed AIPAC lobbyist Keith Weissman that they had better meet because he had news of the most important kind to disclose. Mr. Weissman not surprisingly agreed to the rendezvous, held in Pentagon City, Va., where he was ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 2, 2007 - 8:02 AM PDT
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Tom Cox
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by Tom Cox - Oct. 1, 2008

Rabinowitz returns to her "unjust prosecution" roots in this analyis of an ongoing espionage case. While I don't expect her to be terribly fair, Rabinowitz's value comes from taking a very detailed look at the prosecution side of a case and finding all the holes, especially the ones the rest of the MSM (main stream media) have missed. Here she again shines, providing plenty of reason to doubt the justice or accuracy of the prosecution's case. Very well researched and written.

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