MSNBC.comPosted on 08/29/2004 6:30:42 AM PDT by l33t
MSNBC - And Now A Mole?
MSNBC.comAnd Now A Mole?
In the Pentagon, a suspected spy allegedly passes secrets about Iran to Israel
Sept. 6 issue - It was just a Washington lunch—one that the FBI happened to be monitoring. Nearly a year and a half ago, agents were monitoring a conversation between an Israeli Embassy official and a lobbyist for American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, as part of a probe into possible Israeli spying. Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, in the description of one intelligence official, another American "walked in" to the lunch out of the blue. Agents at first didn't know who the man was. They were stunned to discover he was Larry Franklin, a desk officer with the Near East and South Asia office at the Pentagon.
Franklin soon became a subject of the FBI investigation as well. Now he may face charges, accused of divulging to Israel classified information on U.S. government plans regarding Iran, officials say. While some U.S. officials warned against exaggerated accusations of spying, one administration source described the case as the most significant Israeli espionage investigation in Washington since Jonathan Pollard, an American who was imprisoned for life in 1987 for passing U.S. Navy secrets to the Israelis. The FBI and Justice Department are still reviewing the evidence, but one intelligence source believes Franklin may be arrested shortly.
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I wish that we had a spy agency as good as Mosad is.
some U.S. officials . . . ., one administration source . . . but one intelligence source believes . . ., STOP MY HEAD IS SPINNING! Who are these people???????
What ever happened to the Democratic aide who was accused of passing info to Saddam?
Why is Baghdad Jim still in office?
Yes, things like this never happened unden Klinton. He simply gave the secrets directly to them (China, ect).
And, IMO he got away with it because it was so bold.
The lead photo/caption from the article.
A show of force: Iran displays its military might at the border with Israel
FBI counterintelligence agents began tracking him, and at one point watched him allegedly attempt to pass a classified U.S. policy document on Iran to one of the surveillance targets, according to a U.S. intelligence official. But his alleged confederate was "too smart," the official said, and refused to take it. Instead, he asked Franklin to brief him on its contents—and Franklin allegedly obliged. Franklin also passed information gleaned from more highly classified documents, the official said.
"Iran's border with Israel," huh? *chuckle*
And Pants Berger shortly thereafter, right?
I confess! I sold Iran the information that they have a border with Israel!
I hope the Mossad isn't too PO'ed.
Well they're investigative reporters, they know things we don't.
Kinda fits with the "he tried to give them documents, they wouldn't take them, but he talked to them about it" nature of the presumed charges.
Boy are they gonna be upset when they find out they've been suckered...
question how good mosad is?? this is atleast the second "spy" that has been "made" that is not GOOD TRADE CRAFT.
Two Questions;
How can they be this stupid?
How many democrats just got stupider?
I'm not too worried - If they want to come get me, they'll have to infiltrate through Iran's border with the USA.
That's assuming this actually is a spy, and not another FBI wild-goose chase. (Dr. Stephen Hatfill, white courtesy phone...)
For what it is worth.
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=larry_franklin
I'm confused: Since when does Iran have a border with Israel?
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