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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just think it&#039;s a damn shame Obama didn&#039;t run this thing like he ran his campaign.  Freeman needed a full court press.  He needed researchers digging up info like Nelson did.  I had no idea that Freeman wasn&#039;t representing his OWN opinions about what the Chinese should&#039;ve done during Tienamien Square, but rather the views of the Chinese leadership.  This changes everything.  Yet we only find out about this the day Freeman withdraws.  It just seems a crying shame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just think it&#8217;s a damn shame Obama didn&#8217;t run this thing like he ran his campaign.  Freeman needed a full court press.  He needed researchers digging up info like Nelson did.  I had no idea that Freeman wasn&#8217;t representing his OWN opinions about what the Chinese should&#8217;ve done during Tienamien Square, but rather the views of the Chinese leadership.  This changes everything.  Yet we only find out about this the day Freeman withdraws.  It just seems a crying shame.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, it is typical of neocons to accuse their enemies of being traitors.  I guess it takes a traitor to know one, right?

But what about Dennis Ross working for a Jewish group affiliated with the Israeli government?  If Freeman poses a problem so should Ross.  But Ross, you see, is kosher &amp; Freeman is treif.

It&#039;s say it&#039;s Mike P. who&#039;s an enemy of the people and of the good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it is typical of neocons to accuse their enemies of being traitors.  I guess it takes a traitor to know one, right?</p>
<p>But what about Dennis Ross working for a Jewish group affiliated with the Israeli government?  If Freeman poses a problem so should Ross.  But Ross, you see, is kosher &amp; Freeman is treif.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s say it&#8217;s Mike P. who&#8217;s an enemy of the people and of the good.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike P.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike P.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chas Freeman is the protypical example of clientism and corruption in the State Department, siding with the countries he is assigned to, rather than with the U.S., and then working at organizations funded by those very countries.

And when one of those countries is Saudi Arabia, that&#039;s about as traitorous as one can get.

Good riddance to an enemy of the people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chas Freeman is the protypical example of clientism and corruption in the State Department, siding with the countries he is assigned to, rather than with the U.S., and then working at organizations funded by those very countries.</p>
<p>And when one of those countries is Saudi Arabia, that&#8217;s about as traitorous as one can get.</p>
<p>Good riddance to an enemy of the people.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard, Thom. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=235&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this post by Jim Lobe&lt;/a&gt; on this memo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard, Thom. See <a href="http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=235" rel="nofollow">this post by Jim Lobe</a> on this memo.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;So Steve is not a disinterested observer &amp; his view of the case is highly skewed. If you read the comments in the thread you’d note that not everyone even at the FAS site agrees with Steve’s analysis.&quot;

No the other person commenting is Grant F. Smith.
I doubt there is a more biased observer.  His whole life is devoted to getting the likes of Steve Rosen. 
Smith&#039;s argument:  &quot;it would probably advantage the prosecution to show how AIPAC acquired and used NDI and commercial information in the past.&quot; Is just plain stupid.  Aipac is not on trial.
With Leonard, who has 30 years of government experience determining what is classified testifying for the defense, it&#039;s pretty much over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;So Steve is not a disinterested observer &amp; his view of the case is highly skewed. If you read the comments in the thread you’d note that not everyone even at the FAS site agrees with Steve’s analysis.&#8221;</p>
<p>No the other person commenting is Grant F. Smith.<br />
I doubt there is a more biased observer.  His whole life is devoted to getting the likes of Steve Rosen.<br />
Smith&#8217;s argument:  &#8220;it would probably advantage the prosecution to show how AIPAC acquired and used NDI and commercial information in the past.&#8221; Is just plain stupid.  Aipac is not on trial.<br />
With Leonard, who has 30 years of government experience determining what is classified testifying for the defense, it&#8217;s pretty much over.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Silverstein</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Silverstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;If the “experts’ are right the AIPAC case is almost over&lt;/blockquote&gt;
You mean the &quot;experts&quot; like Malcolm Hoenlein &amp; Mort Klein?  Actually, you&#039;ve linked to a post by Steve Aftergood who I know personally.  Steve has an axe to grind in this case as a anti-nuclear activist who has championed the use of government information in order to advance the cause of nuclear disarmament.  Because of this Steve MUST argue that Rosen &amp; Weissman are not guilty.  If he takes any other position he would be betraying all his previous work.

So Steve is not a disinterested observer &amp; his view of the case is highly skewed.  If you read the comments in the thread you&#039;d note that not everyone even at the FAS site agrees with Steve&#039;s analysis.

I wouldn&#039;t count my chickens if I were you.  Steve Rosen, Doug Feith, Wolfowitz if they aren&#039;t spies are so useful to Israel they might as well be.  And notice I didn&#039;t say they WEREN&#039;T.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If the “experts’ are right the AIPAC case is almost over</p></blockquote>
<p>You mean the &#8220;experts&#8221; like Malcolm Hoenlein &amp; Mort Klein?  Actually, you&#8217;ve linked to a post by Steve Aftergood who I know personally.  Steve has an axe to grind in this case as a anti-nuclear activist who has championed the use of government information in order to advance the cause of nuclear disarmament.  Because of this Steve MUST argue that Rosen &#038; Weissman are not guilty.  If he takes any other position he would be betraying all his previous work.</p>
<p>So Steve is not a disinterested observer &#038; his view of the case is highly skewed.  If you read the comments in the thread you&#8217;d note that not everyone even at the FAS site agrees with Steve&#8217;s analysis.</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t count my chickens if I were you.  Steve Rosen, Doug Feith, Wolfowitz if they aren&#8217;t spies are so useful to Israel they might as well be.  And notice I didn&#8217;t say they WEREN&#8217;T.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Apologist for accused spies. Very nice. You must be a personal friend of Mort Klein &amp; all the other Israel Firsters supporting Rosen the Slimeball.&quot;

Accused doesn&#039;t mean guilty.  If the &quot;experts&#039; are right the AIPAC case is almost over with a full acquittal in store for Rosen.
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/02/aipac_case-2.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Apologist for accused spies. Very nice. You must be a personal friend of Mort Klein &amp; all the other Israel Firsters supporting Rosen the Slimeball.&#8221;</p>
<p>Accused doesn&#8217;t mean guilty.  If the &#8220;experts&#8217; are right the AIPAC case is almost over with a full acquittal in store for Rosen.<br />
<a href="http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/02/aipac_case-2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/02/aipac_case-2.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Wonk Room &#187; The Ruckus Over Chas Freeman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wonk Room &#187; The Ruckus Over Chas Freeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] addition to the requisite outrage over Chas Freeman&#8217;s (should be) wholly uncontroversial position that military occupations [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] addition to the requisite outrage over Chas Freeman&#8217;s (should be) wholly uncontroversial position that military occupations [...]</p>
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