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Court documents saidFranklinprovided
classified data - including information
about a Middle Eastern cou.ntrYs activities
in Iraq and weapons tests conducted by a
foreign country --- to the lobbyists and to
an unnamed "foreign official·
The Middle Eastern country was not
named, but Franklin disclosed at his plea
hearing that some of the material related
to Iran. He also said in court that the foreign
official was Naor GUon. who was the
political officer at the Israeli Embassy be.
fore beingrecalled last summer. Israeli officials
have said they are cooperating in the
investigation. and they denied any wrongdoing.
Franklin is e~ed to testify against
the two former AlPAC lobbyi~ Steven J.
Rosen and Keith Weissman. at their trial.
which is scheduled for April.
Rosen, of Silver Spring, is charged with
two counts related to unlawful disclosure
of national defense information obtained
from Franklin and other unidentified government
officials on topics including Iran,
Saudi Arabia and al Qaeda. Rosen was Al­
PAC's director of foreign policy issues and
was instrumental in making the committee
a formidable political force.
Weissman. of Bethesda. faces one count
of conspiracy to illegally communicate national
defense infonnation.
The FBI monitored a series of meetings
between Franklin and the former AIPAC
officials datingback to early 2003, multiple
sources familiar with the investigation
have said At one of those meetings, a session
at the Pentagon City mallinArlington
in July 2004, Franklin warned Weissman
that Iranian agents were planning attacks
against U.S. soldiers and Israeli agents in
Iraq, sources said.
THE WASHINGTON POST
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Franklin had faced a maximum sentence
of 25 years in prison. Ellis said Franklill
would not have to go to jan until he fiI\­
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