Declassified FBI File Alleges an Israeli Intelligence Agent Worked at AIPAC

PRNewswire-USNewswire
November 6, 2009

An agent of the Israeli intelligence service worked on the staff of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) according to a newly declassified FBI file.

An August 13, 1984 secret communication from the FBI Washington Field Office (WFO) to the FBI director states, “WFO files disclose that AIPAC is a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group staffed by U.S. citizens. WFO files contain an unsubstantiated allegation that a member of the Israeli Intelligence Service was a staff member of AIPAC.” The newly declassified document may be downloaded from the Israel Lobby Archive at: http://www.irmep.org/ILA/economy/08131984_WFO_DFBI_REPORT.pdf

[efoods]The secret FBI file was declassified and released to the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep) under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. IRmep sought the FBI files to file a third amicus brief urging Judge T.S. Ellis not to dismiss charges against two AIPAC staffers under the 1917 Espionage Act. The DOJ dropped espionage charges against former AIPAC staffers Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman on May 1, 2009.

According to the newly released IRmep book “Spy Trade: How Israel’s Lobby Undermines America’s Economy,” the 1984 and 2005 espionage incidents were not isolated events. Using declassified documents, “Spy Trade” documents Israeli covert actions against US military and industrial targets from the 1940s through the present.

“Spy Trade” also presents a damage assessment for the 1984 AIPAC industrial espionage incident: US $71 billion in lost exports, equivalent to 100,000 jobs over the last decade. “Spy Trade” may be purchased at MiddleEastBooks.com, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and other bookstores.

The Israel Lobby Archive, http://IRmep.org/ila, is a unit of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington. The Archive digitizes declassified documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act filings with law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The Archive facilitates permanent direct citizen access to critical records that briefly enter the public domain but vanish for lack of warranted mainstream media coverage.

This article was posted: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:45 am

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