U.S. WANTS FBI TO INTERROGATE ISRAELI DIPLOMAT IN AIPAC LEAK CASE

The United States wants the FBI to interrogate the Israeli diplomat who headed the political department at its Washington embassy at the time classified information was allegedly transmitted from a Pentagon employee to Israel through two men who were senior staffers at AIPAC, the American lobby for Israel. According to the Hebrew daily Haaretz and Channel 10 television, FBI agents are traveling to Israel where they intend to question Naor Gilon and perhaps others as well.

The Israeli government is objecting to the interrogation and has told the Americans to submit written questions instead. The FBI mission to Israel apparently contradicts repeated assurances made by AIPAC since the scandal broke that Israel is not a target of investigation in the case. The lobby had also vociferously defended the two men accused of actually passing the information they received from former Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin, but abruptly fired them. It has been reported, however, that it continues to pay for their legal defense.

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