"A D.C. Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a $20 million defamation suit brought by a leading pro-Israel activist against his former employer, in a high-profile battle that involved charges of espionage and pornography. In 2009, Steven J. Rosen brought suit against officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Washington’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby, charging it defamed him by firing him in 2005 with a statement to the New York Times alleging that his conduct “did not comport with standards that AIPAC expects of its employees.” At the time, Rosen and another AIPAC official, Keith Weissman, were under investigation by the Justice Department on suspicion of illegally obtaining classified documents from a Pentagon official. Espionage-related charges against them were eventually dropped..." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2011/02/aipac_wins_court_battle_wit...
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