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Israeli spying investigation grows Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10316569.htm http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10316569.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 02, 2004 Israeli spying investigation grows Lobbying group gets search, subpoenas By WARREN P. STROBEL and SHANNON McCAFFREY Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON — FBI agents executed search warrants Wednesday at the headquarters of a leading pro-Israel lobby and delivered grand jury subpoenas in an ongoing investigation of alleged espionage for Israel. The search and the subpoenas for four top officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee indicate that the politically charged investigation remains active. No criminal charges have been filed. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of Washington's most influential lobbies, said in a statement that neither the group nor its employees had broken any law. The lobby group said the FBI, which in August obtained computer files related to two employees, returned Wednesday “and requested and obtained additional files relating to the same two AIPAC staff members and delivered subpoenas requiring the appearance of four senior AIPAC staff before a grand jury.” U.S. officials previously have identified the two staff members as Steven Rosen, director of foreign policy issues, and Keith Weissman, his deputy and an Iran expert. The FBI investigation, which has been under way for more than two years, became public in August with news reports that authorities were looking into the handling of classified information by Pentagon employee Lawrence A. Franklin. Current and former U.S. officials have said that authorities are investigating whether Franklin shared a highly classified draft presidential policy document on Iran with staffers of the lobby group, who in turn passed it to Israel. Investigators have interviewed persons at the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon. They also have asked questions involving Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi exile.

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