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Former Bush Admin. Official Backs Lobbyists in AIPAC Leak Case

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The former head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy helped write a memorandum of law calling for dismissal of Espionage Act charges against two pro-Israel lobbyists, arguing that, in receiving leaked classified information and relaying it to others, they were doing what reporters, think-tank experts and congressional staffers "do perhaps hundreds of times every day." [Wondered how long it would take Justice to move against the Espionage Act with many in its admin. sitting in the crosshairs of Fitzgerald for outing CIA agent Valerie Plame. Especially since the target nows points to DEADEYE Dick Cheney.]
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.

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