agreement for Rosen. Weissman's
legal team is still fundraising for the
defense.
Rosen's central contention is that
his actions comported with AIPAC
practices, and that he provided his
superiors with regular briefings about
his efforts to gather information from
government officials.
The complaint also asserts that the
statements made by AIPAC's outside
spokesman "might influence a jury that
will hear the misdirected case brought
against him by the government"
The criminal trial, which has been
delayed multiple times, is now set
for June 2.The filing also alleges that
"through their publication of the false-
hoods about Mr. Rosen, defendant
achieved an increase of millions of
dollars in revenue for AIPAC, whereas
had they told the truth, AIPAC might
well have suffered a significant
decrease in fundraising, as well as an
increase in legal costs."
Sources close to the criminal case
say that Weissman and the criminal
defense team are not troubled by the
lawsuit, but think that making the case
that Rosen had been defamed would
be much easier after an acquittal or
after the case had been dropped by the
government.
Increasing calls on the Obama
administration to drop the case
include most recently an editorial in
the Washington Post. The case is now
being seen to have been an instru-
ment of Bush administration efforts to
expand secrecy laws.
Prosecutors charged Rosen and
Weissman under a rarely cited section
of the 1917 Espionage Act that crimi-
nalizes the receipt of classified infor-
mation by civilians; the section has
never led to a successful prosecution.
Doctor diagnosed it as a sinus infection.
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Detroiter Named
A Superior Court judge set June 5 for
a hearing to set a trial date regarding
Rosen's claims. By the time Rosen's
civil lawsuit comes to trial, he might
have a dismissal or acquittal under his
belt, increasing his chances for victory.
Rosen's filing asserts that at AIPAC
he "was one of the principal officials
who, along with Executive Director
Howard Kohr and a few other indi-
viduals, were expected to maintain
relationships with [government] agen-
cies, receive such information and
share it with AIPAC Board of Directors
and to Senior Staff for possible further
distribution:'
Kohr is named as a defendant, as
are AIPAC's lay leadership at the time:
Bernice Manocherian, then president;
Howard Friedman, then president-
elect and Amy Friedkin, then the
immediate past president.
Also named are alleged members
of an "advisory group" set up to deal
directly with the case. These names
reinforce the impression that a small
core of members of AIPAC's board
continues to take the lead in determin-
ing AIPAC's direction. They include
past presidents Lonnie Kaplan, Larry
Weinberg, Bob Asher and Detroiter Ed
Levy Jr.
The complaint asks for $10 million
from AIPAC, $500,000 each from the
12 other defendants and $5 million
collectively from all the defendants.
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Actor, Activist, Zionist
Ron Silver Dies At 62
Jerusalem/JTA — Ron Silver, 62, who
won a Tony Award for his performance
in David Mamet's
Speed-the-Plow, died
Sunday in New York,
two years after being
diagnosed with
esophageal cancer.
In 2000, Silver
co-founded the One
Jerusalem organiza-
Ron Silver
tion, calling for a
united Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in
opposition to the Oslo Peace Accords.
He was a liberal activist who,
after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,
switched affiliation from Democrat
to independent and became a sup-
porter of President George W. Bush.
He was a featured speaker at the 2004
Republican National Convention.
Silver was nominated for an Emmy
Award as Bruno Gianelli on The West
Wing TV series and portrayed lawyer
Alan Dershowitz in the 1990 film
Reversal of Fortune.
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