Ex-Pentagon analyst sentenced to 12 years

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Ex-Pentagon analyst sentenced to 12 years

Posted on Fri, Jan. 20, 2006
MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Pentagon analyst who gave classified information to an Israeli diplomat and two members of a pro-Israel lobbying group was sentenced Friday to more than 12 years in prison.

Lawrence A. Franklin, 59, had worked with top Pentagon officials, including former undersecretary of defense for policy Douglas Feith, and has expertise on Iraq and Iran. He pleaded guilty in October to three felony counts in exchange for three other counts being dropped.

In sentencing Franklin, U.S. District Judge 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 said at his plea hearing in October that he did not intend to harm the United States and 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.

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/13672426.htm

It should be interesting to see what the sentences will be for the two Israeli spies, Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman.

It was amazing for me to read about the influence of AIPAC on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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