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Pentagon analyst pleads guilty to spy case { October 5 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Pentagon-Spy-Probe.html http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Pentagon-Spy-Probe.html October 5, 2005 Pentagon Analyst Pleads Guilty in Spy Case By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 5:15 p.m. ET ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A top Pentagon analyst with expertise in the Middle East pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving classified information to an Israeli embassy official and members of a pro-Israel lobbying group. Lawrence A. Franklin, 58, said during a plea hearing that he was frustrated with the government and that he had hoped the two members of the lobbying group could use their connections at the National Security Council to influence U.S. policy. He also admitted giving classified information to a political official at the Israeli embassy, but said the information he received from the official was far more valuable than what he gave. ''I knew in my heart that his government had this information,'' Franklin said. ''He gave me far more information than I gave him.'' Franklin, of Kearneysville, W.Va., pleaded guilty to two conspiracy counts and a charge of unlawful retention of national defense information. He faces up to 25 years in prison but is expected to get far less under federal sentencing guidelines. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III set sentencing for Jan. 20. Franklin, who was one of the Pentagon's policy experts on Iran and the Middle East, was indicted in June on five charges. The two officials at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who allegedly received information also have been charged with conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. defense information. AIPAC fired Steven Rosen, of Silver Spring, Md., and Keith Weissman, of Bethesda, Md., in April. Both the lobbying organization and Israel have denied any wrongdoing. According to the indictment, Franklin met periodically with Rosen and Weissman between 2002 and 2004 and discussed classified information, including information about potential attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. Rosen and Weissman would subsequently share what they learned with reporters and Israeli officials. On at least one occasion, Franklin spoke directly to an Israeli official. Rosen, a top lobbyist for Washington-based AIPAC for more than 20 years, and Weissman, the organization's top Iran expert, allegedly disclosed sensitive information as far back as 1999 on a variety of topics, including al-Qaida, terrorist activities in Central Asia, the bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia and U.S. policy in Iran, according to the indictment. Franklin at one time worked for the Pentagon's No. 3 official, policy undersecretary Douglas Feith, on issues involving Iran and the Middle East. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press

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