Judge: AIPAC charges may be based on unconstitutional law

WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Friday questioned the constitutionality of a law under which two former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have been charged with receiving and disclosing national defense information to reporters and foreign diplomats.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis said at the pretrial hearing for Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman that the law, enacted in 1917, may be unconstitutionally broad and vague.

The law's defects are exacerbated because they infringe on the defendants' constitutional rights to lobby the government and because prosecutors are seeking to criminalize conduct that is integral to Washington politics - namely, leaks of classified information.

The law has rarely been used, and has never before been applied to lobbyists. Ellis said the case has moved into "new, uncharted waters," and that the defense's request for dismissal must be reviewed with strict scrutiny because of the potential impact on First Amendment rights.

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... the constitution doesn't matter except when applies to spies. They get full protection, even if their actions are clearly against the interests of America.

If these two creeps get away with it, well I just don't know.

They distribute plenty of cash and favors to Congress. If nothing else they deserve to have a special law enacted for them, there are those whose interests must be elevated above everyone else's & if you don't like it, well you're just-unAmerican!

visitation once a month, telephone privileges every other week and exercise 15 minutes a day.

duplicate topic from Friday.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2187341