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i begins,'suggesting that gov~rnment leniency w~ll be proportional to
Franklin's performance.
Franklin is a star witness, but be's not all the g9vernment bas up its
sleeve. The charges against Rosen and Weissman, apparently based on
wiretapped conversations, allege that the two former AIPAC staffers
shared classified information with fellow AlPAC staffers, the media
and foreign government officials.
Two other U.S~ go-v,emment officials who allegedly supplied Rosen and
Weissman with information have not been ~~arged. They are David
Satterfield, then deputy assistant secretary ofstate for Near Eastern
affairs and now the No.. 2 man at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, and
Kenneth Pollack, a Clinton-era National Security Council staffer who
is .now an analyst at tbe Brookings Institution..
The problem with the wiretap evidence lies in the government's refusaI
to share much ofit or even to say exactly how much it bas.. In a recent
filing, the government said that even the qqantity ofthe material should
remain classified..
In a Sept. 19 hearing, Ellis suggested to prosecutor Kevin DiGregori
that his (ailure to share the defendants' wiretapped conversations with
the defense team could lead to the case being dismissed.
'~I am having a hard time, Mr.. DiGregori, getting over the fact that the
defendants can't hear their own statements, and whether that is so '
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