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,,- 'Whi1~ Israel was mentioneg:only:in.passing and ~ourt 90qumen~~~io.n·sJt~w~d ~t.:w~s~not accus~d 9J~any wrongdoing!, .
the t*osecutors focused on"two former officia~s at the pro-Israel·lobby. The_ trials qfSteve Rosen, Jormer~AIPAC :~
dire,ctor 9fpqIicy, and'Keit~ Weiss~an, fonnerJran analyst at the lobby, were slated,to be~in on January 3rd.
J.\bbe Lowel}, the attom~:y' r~presenting Rosen in the ~as,e, said·Wednes~ay that he was ~ot suipri~~d by the fact that
Franklin, who was under great,pressure struck a deal with the prosecutiop. lilt ~as no it).1pa~t on our case because, a
gov~rnfuent ~mployee's. ~ctions in dealing ,with classiqe4 information are simply not the same as ~ privat