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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 03:24 PM
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7. So It Finally Comes Out
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 03:28 PM by Me.
AIPAC must be losing it's collective hair today. This is certainly info they didn't want to go public, how much influence they have on our foreign policy. From the MSNBC piece:

‘Lobbyists Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman have argued that the Israeli interest group played an unofficial but sanctioned role in crafting foreign policy and that Rice and others can confirm it. If they ultimately testify in court, the trial in federal court in suburban Alexandria, Va. could offer a behind-the-scenes look at the way U.S. foreign policy is crafted.’ Cont…

‘But defense attorneys suggested that top U.S. officials regularly used the lobbyists as a go-between as they crafted Middle East policy. If so, attorneys say, how are Rosen and Weissman supposed to know the same behavior that's expected of them on one day is criminal the next?’ cont…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21599734

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