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Thursday, May 5, 2005

Analyst accused of leaking defense data

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A veteran Pentagon analyst was arrested yesterday by the FBI on charges of illegally disclosing classified information -- nearly two years after he first was identified as having passed national security documents involving Iran to a pro-Israeli lobbying group.

Lawrence A. Franklin, 58, of Kearneysville, W.Va., surrendered to agents at the FBI's Washington field office after the government filed a criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Alexandria accusing him of handing over classified national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it.

Mr. Franklin is charged with disclosing information about potential attacks on U.S. forces by Iranian-backed insurgents in Iraq.

During a brief court appearance yesterday, Mr. Franklin was released on $100,000 bond after being ordered to surrender his firearms and passport. A preliminary hearing was set for May 27. His attorney, John Richards, said he expects his client will plead not guilty.

Mr. Franklin, who has been employed by the Defense Department since 1979 and had held a "top secret" security clearance, has been under investigation by the FBI for more than three years and was first accused of handing over classified Defense Department documents on Iran to officials at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which were then passed to Israel.

Law-enforcement authorities said the initial investigation had been compromised by press leaks, but was continued at the behest of U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty in Virginia.

The FBI began surveillance of Mr. Franklin, who specialized in Iranian affairs within the policy branch of the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Donald H. Rumsfeld, more than two years ago. The probe also focused on AIPAC officials Steven Rosen, the group's foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, an analyst specializing on Iran.

The surveillance also is thought to have targeted Naor Gilon, a political adviser at the Israeli Embassy in the District. On one occasion, law-enforcement authorities said Mr. Gilon was observed having lunch with an AIPAC official and then were joined by Mr. Franklin.

Last year, FBI agents also copied Mr. Rosen's computer hard drive at his AIPAC office after interviews with him and Mr. Weissman.

AIPAC and the Israeli Embassy have denied any wrongdoing. Mr. Rosen and Mr. Weissman have left the organization.

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