Analyst, lobbyists charged in Pentagon probe

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A Defense Department analyst
was charged on Thursday with illegally disclosing classified
defense information to two former officials of a pro-Israel
lobbying group, court documents showed.

A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury
and unsealed on Thursday charges Lawrence Franklin, a Pentagon
analyst, with giving the information to two former employees of
the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

The new indictment charges Steven Rosen, formerly AIPAC’s
policy director, with illegally receiving classified
information from Franklin and with illegally helping Franklin
pass on written classified information.

The indictment also charges Keith Weissman, AIPAC’s former
senior Middle East analyst, with illegally receiving classified
information.