Reply #9: Let the wrist slapping begin....

[NoAmericanTaliban]

Oh there's that terrible sound again when Repukes are convicted... Wonder if this will get any real media play? Just checked with CNN web page & not even listed on their main page, but eco-terrorist are up front & center. This will be swept under the rug... I remember when this story first hit the press during the Repuke Convention in NY, but it did not stick. Franklin may have been working in Rumsfield special defense 'intelligence' center that manipulated the Iraq WMD data & connection to Osama. This is part of the GOP culture corruption.

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In sentencing Franklin, U.S. District T.S. Ellis III said the facts of the case led him to believe that Franklin was motivated primarily by a desire to help the United States, not hurt it.

The 12-year, 7-month sentence was on the low end of federal sentencing guidelines.

Franklin had said at his plea hearing in October that he was motivated by frustration with U.S. policy in the Middle East when he gave classified information to the diplomat and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He said he received far more information from the Israeli diplomat than he ever disclosed.

The two former AIPAC members, Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, have also been charged and are scheduled to go to trial in April. Their lawyers have argued that the two were engaged in routine lobbying work and their discussions with Franklin are protected under First Amendment guarantees of free speech....

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20060120/D8F8HVH0C.html?PG=home&SEC=news