U.S. Might Not Try Pro-Israel Lobbyists For Espionage

[Fireweed247]

The U.S. government may abandon espionage-law charges against two former lobbyists for a pro-Israel advocacy group, officials said yesterday, as a prominent House lawmaker denied new allegations that she offered to use her influence in their behalf.

Harman's expression of outrage added a political dimension to the prosecution of the two former lobbyists, who were charged in 2005 under a World War I-era espionage law with conspiring to give national defense information to journalists and Israeli Embassy officials.

With the trial set to begin June 2, the Justice Department is reviewing whether to proceed as planned or withdraw the indictments after a series of adverse court rulings, according to law enforcement sources and lawyers close to the case.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102602.html

Uhm, WHY? So Harman's pressure must have worked??