Are these two, Rosen and Weissman, American citizens?????
Apparently the defense is arguing (and has support for) the premise that these two received this information over lunch-table conversations. And as such, the information then lodged in their minds could not be erased, nor should they be punished because the person who gave them the information is really at fault and he's already being punished.
I contend that the prosecution has fallen down on its job if they can't prove that the information was then passed to someone else, anyone else. And as loyal Americans, they should have reported such a crime to the authorities immediately.
After all, who knows what future disasters may befall the US because of their actions? It's all over the news lately of one such guy who has received a death penalty for the same lack of action. That's what treason is, in case people haven't noticed. Extreme lack of loyalty to your own country by actively aiding and abetting another country.
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The defendants, Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, were charged with conspiring with then-Pentagon analyst Lawrence A. Franklin to gather and communicate defense information concerning Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Franklin, who as a government employee had sworn an oath not to reveal classified information to anyone without a security clearance, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in January to more than 12 years in prison.