Classified information claims easily debunked On Feb. 14, 2012, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee will deliver oral arguments to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. At issue is whether AIPAC defamed…
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The diversion of US weapons-grade uranium to Israel
Listen now! Jeffrey Blankfort, host of the KZYX radio program “Takes on the World,” interviews Grant F. Smith about the forthcoming book Divert! NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the Diversion of US Weapons Grade Uranium into the…
Secret trade report obtained by AIPAC and Israel compromised sensitive US industry secrets
WASHINGTON, Dec 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Following a three year Freedom of Information Act battle, US Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk has been forced to publicly release a secret report about America’s…
AIPAC Economic Warfare Also Targets US
From Stolen US Trade Secrets to Iran’s Central Bank The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is trumpeting tough new sanctions against Iran’s Central Bank. This financial blockade will likely drive up global energy prices…
Secret CIA/FBI files of NUMEC nuclear diversions to Israel could aid $170 million toxic cleanup
Washington, DC: Recently declassified wiretap transcripts of conversations between Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) founder Zalman Shapiro and venture capitalist David Lowenthal reveal that illegal storage practices led to a dangerous…
Americans Pay Dearly to Maintain Israel’s Nuclear Secrets
CIA endangers NUMEC toxic waste cleanup The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has just stopped its $170 million nuclear waste dump cleanup at a former Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) site in…
AIPAC/Israel should stop stealing US secrets
The Jewish Week 9/08/2011 The Jewish Week 9/07/2011Grant F. Smith Douglas Bloomfield smithg.jpg (3545 bytes)At some point, Douglas Bloomfield needs to explain to Americans why AIPAC obtained classified, business confidential information submitted…
AIPAC Congressional Lobbying Junkets to Israel Illegal Charges IRS and DOJ Filing
A complaint filed today with the IRS and Justice Department charges the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF) is a “sham” charitable organization of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The AIEF, a…
FBI monitoring Israelis a bad use of resources
The Jewish Week 9/07/2011 Douglas Bloomfield “I had only assumed AIPAC’s phones were being tapped until we got a visit from a job seeker claiming to be a Pentagon intelligence officer. He told…
Selective FARA Enforcement: Pakistan’s Alleged Agents Prosecuted, Israel’s Ignored
By Grant F. Smith On the surface the Justice Department’s (DOJ) recent criminal complaint against associates of the nonprofit Kashmiri American Council (KAC) seems like a legitimate application of the 1938 Foreign…
Complaint against Congressional trips to Israel organized by the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)
The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), which organizes the aforementioned Congressional delegations to Israel, is not a separate entity from the lobby group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The groups share…
Does AIPAC Have Only Two Major Donors?
Mystery unfolds as members of Congress head to Israel A large congressional delegation is heading for Israel. During three weeks of recess, 55 Republicans and 26 Democrats will enjoy “educational” trips funded by the American…
IRmep wins Interagency Security Classification Panel appeal
On July 22, 2011 the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy won a major victory toward public release of a classified document illegally obtained by the Israeli government and passed to the…
How to Lobby for a Foreign Government (and not get arrested)
…There is another way, which is to use institutional subterfuges and the sheer clout of the lobby itself to escape prosecution under the FARA. The Israel lobby has managed to do this….
How AIPAC’s Stealth Political Action Committees Undermine US Elections
Janet McMahon, Managing Editor – Washington Report on Middle East Affairs explains the history and impact of “stealth PACs.” Why has the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spawned a network of PACs…
AIPAC issue is not simple
Two recent letters to the editor raise the question of whether AIPAC is a political action committee donating to U.S. political candidates. This is not a simple question. It is well documented that in the…
AIPAC Pushes Hard for War With Iran
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…
$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…