Former AIPAC staffer Keith Weissman, indicted in 2005 under the Espionage Act alongside colleague Steven J. Rosen and Defense Department employee Col. Lawrence Franklin, is desperately worried. In a lengthy, rambling monologue delivered to independent reporter…
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$6.64 billion damages sought over Israeli gov’t/AIPAC use of stolen classified US trade data
Washington, DC. Today the Section 301 Committee of the US Trade Representative formally received a petition demanding $6.64 billion in compensation for US exporters. In 1984 US exporters were urged to submit…
Two Views on Israel
Book reviews of Start-Up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer (Hachette Book Group, 2009) and Spy Trade by Grant F. Smith (Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, 2011). In this must…
Obama vs. Reagan on AIPAC
Documents reveal Ronald Reagan’s response to Israel lobby invitation Politico reports that President Barack Obama may attend the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) gathering in Washington, D.C. According to documents released last week by…
Former AIPAC Executive Loses Defamation Appeal
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…
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…
AIPAC Triumphs Over Former Director’s Defamation Lawsuit…or Does It?
Special Report By Grant F. Smith On Feb. 22, 2011 District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Erik P. Christian dismissed a $20 million defamation lawsuit against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee…
Israel lobbyist funds US Presidents, Israeli Nukes, AIPAC disinformation
News release Declassified Documents FBI files released under the Freedom of Information Act unveil new details about the life of influential lobbyist Abraham Feinberg (1908-1998). Feinberg is best known for funding President Harry…
Egypt transcending failed “peace process” and Gaza prison wardenship?
Mubarak is not leaving the Egyptian presidency, but rather is simply delegating responsibilities to Vice President Omar Suliman, a gesture according to him that will satisfy protestors. The transition process will be…
Insurers Asked to Deny AIPAC Damage Claims over Classified Information Handling
A new legal filing asks insurers to deny American Israel Public Affairs Committee liability claims. In 2009 the Obama administration dropped Espionage Act prosecutions against two AIPAC employees indicted for soliciting classified…
Jalili Warns of Israel’s Atomic Warheads
…He [Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili] called on all countries and media to pay attention to the issue and ask in their negotiations and reports that why thousands of pages, news…
AIPAC Protests Disclosure of Its Secret Files
On Dec. 23, 2010, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee filed a 53-page motion [.pdf] asking Judge Eric Christian to sanction former employee Steven J. Rosen over the illicit possession and release of sensitive…
Economic Espionage Haunts AIPAC
Steven J. Rosen’s $20 million defamation lawsuit against his former employer, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has now taken a predictable turn. AIPAC fired Rosen and fellow analyst Keith Weissman over…