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Intelligence The Fa, ~gents briefed Feith Qn ~\Jnday in his
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. • Israel, Iran Trade
'q~estions, the 6f{ici$ls $~iQ. AI$o r~Q~ntly
briefec;l by the FBI wa$ Deputy Defens~
Threats As FBI
Secretary Paul Wolfowitz .they said
Investigates Spying at ".,
The Washington Post
Others at State and Defense have been·
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Interviewed or briefed over the course of the
?904) . probe, but tt}e officials declined to provide ~ny
• Shalom: Franklin
other names.
affair is 'media
There"was no immediate indication that the
nonsense' at
criminal investigatiqn'"has widened b~yond the
Jerusalem Post '
single an~lyst.
identified previously by senior
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law enfoi-gement officials as Larry Franklin. .
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Franklin. who has not responded to telephone
• Top Officials Queried
messages seeking .comment. work$ in al1 office
in Israel Probe AP via
dealing the.Middle East affairs and has access
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to clas$ified government information.
2004)
The investigation focuses on whath~r Franklin
Opinion & edltorla~s passed classi~ed U.S. material on Iran to the
American Israel 'Public Affairs Committee. the
• ~:king almh~~n~ain inti.uantiallsraeli lobby"jng o~ganizatiori in
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H tz (A 30 2004) Washington! and whether anYQne In that group
aara ug, •forwarded the.information on to Israeli officials.
• Israeli Mole in the AIPAC and ,~raal have·strenuou~IY d~nied the
Pentagon at'
allegations.
AIJazeerah,lnfo (Aug 30, • . •
2004) 'J~raeh offiC;lals ,did confirm Monday that a senior
Israeli diplQm.at in Washington has met with
Feature Articles Franklin. Those offlcif:)ls. alsQ $~eaking on
• Spy probe tests
pondition of anqnymity, identified tne diplpmat
US-Israel ties at as·Naor ~ilOn. head of the Israeli Embassy's
Christian Science p~litical department. .
Monitor (Aug 30, 2Q04) Gilon tqld the Isr~eli newspap~r Maariv th.at he
• Analyst at center of did nothing wrong ~l:It was concerned that he
spy flap called naive.
may no longer be able to work in Washington
ardently pro-Israel at becaiJs~ of the investigation.
Haaretz(Aug 30, 2004)
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"Now, people will be scared to talk with me,"
Gilon said.in a story published Monday.
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