Shapiro told the appellate judges that AIPAC fired Rosen and invoked “standards” “to get the DOJ off AIPAC’s back.” But AIPAC had in fact “lauded” Rosen “for the same behavior in the…
Month: April 2011
Washington Showdown with AIPAC
Prohibited activities again catching up with lobby When former AIPAC director Steven J. Rosen interpreted the contents of stolen classified US national defense information to Washington Post reporter Glenn Kessler in 2004, he peddled…
Today the Israel Lobby Archive releases two declassified documents detailing sensitive Senate-IRS correspondence about Israel lobby tax exemptions and violations. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended an Israel (and other foreign lobby) investigation to…
Podcast- AIPAC: The Next Enron?
Sibel Edmonds, Peter B. Collins, and Grant F. Smith discuss a range of illegal Israel lobbying and espionage activities, the dangerous recommendations in the book Start-Up Nation by Senor and Singer, and…
US Treasury Dept.: Tax-exempt US donation laundering into West Bank settlements “okay”
The US Department of Treasury has no program to combat massive flows of US tax-exempt charitable contributions into illegal settlement building. Despite ongoing public revelations of wrongdoing, the Office of Foreign Assets…
Author Discusses Espionage, Politics, Secrecy, Myths and the US-Israel Free Trade Area
Author Grant F. Smith will discuss his 2009 book Spy Trade about myths and realities of U.S.-Israel economic relations. The April 6 presentation begins at 5:15 PM, room 1101, Dewey Hall, on…
The US-Israel Free Trade Area: AIPAC, Espionage and Analysis
The year 2010 marked the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area (USIFTA). Documents newly declassified in 2009 reveal a stunning 1984-1987 FBI investigation of Israeli embassy and American Israel Public…