Larry Franklin Case--Pentagon analyst arrested 4 MAY 2005; Passed information to AIPAC/Israel

Counterintelligence - Espionage - Spy Case

Name	FRANKLIN, Lawrence Anthony aka Larry
Employer	US Department of Defense
Dates of Employment	1979-2004
Employee Type	Civilian Staff
Job Title/Duties	Analyst at the Pentagon since 1979 in these offices: Office of the Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, Office of Near East and South Asia, Office of Northern Gulf Affairs, Iran Desk
Military Rank	Air Force Reserves Colonel; in the USAFR since 14 August 1976
Clearance Level	TS/SCI; suspended on 30 June 2004

Spying For	Israel
Codename
Spying Dates
Co-conspirators	Steve Rosen, former policy director for American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Keith Weissman, former senior Iran analystfor American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Naor Gilon, in charge of policy at the Israeli Embassy in Washington Uzi Arad, a former Israeli intelligence agent
Methodology	On June 26, 2003, Franklin had lunch at a restaurant in Arlington, Virginia with two individuals. At the lunch, Franklin allegedly disclosed classified information designated Top Secret related to potential attacks upon U.S. forces in Iraq to the two individuals, neither of whom had the security clearance to receive that information. Franklin allegedly told the two individuals that the information was “highly classified” and asked them not to “use” it. Franklin disclosed, without authorization, classified U.S. government information to a foreign official and members of the news media on other occasions. Approximately 83 separate classified U.S. government documents were found during a search of Franklin’s West Virginia home in June 2004. The dates of these documents spanned three decades, and at no time was Franklin’s house an authorized location for the storage of classified U.S. government documents.
Possible Motivations, Problems
Finances
Identified/ Investigation
Arrest Date/Location	First Interviewed by FBI: 30 June 2004, voluntary and non-custodial FBI Case Leaked: 27 August 2004 Arrested by FBI: Wednesday, 4 May 2005
Charges	Communicating classified US national defense information to persons not entitled to receive that information; that this information could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation Count 1: Conspiracy to communicate national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it Count 2-4: Communication of national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it Count 5: Communication of classified information to persons not entitled to receive it Count 6: Conspiracy to communicate classified information to agent and representative of foreign government without specific authorization Convicted of: Count 1: Conspiracy to communicate national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it Count 2: Communication of classified information to persons not entitled to receive it Count 3: Unlawful retention of national defense information
Court	Eastern District of Virginia
Lawyers	Defense: Plato Cacheris (lawyer to spies Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, Ana Montes) Plato Cacheris profile Legends in the Law
Status	Plead: Not guilty to all six charges, 13 June 2005 Convicted: 20 January 2006 Sentenced: 12 1/2 Years and a fine of $10,000

Date/Place of Birth
Citizenship	US
Residences	Kearneysville, West Virginia
Education	BA, MA and PhD in Asian Studies
Family
Other Employment	Was assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Defense HUMINT Services
Additional Bio

Documents	DOJ/FBI Arrest Announcement 4 May 2005 US v Franklin: Complaint (4 May 2005) FBI Arrests Pentagon Analyst Larry Franklin Passed Classified Information to Officials from the Pro-Israel Lobby Group: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Six Count Indictment unsealed (13 June 2005) Indictment: Franklin, Rosen and Weisman (4 August 2005)
Quotes	"It's totally astonishing to all of us who knew him. He is a career guy, a mild-mannered professional. No one would think of him as evil or devious." Coworker of Larry Franklin "I think he was probably lured into thinking that it was OK or at least you could get away with doing something like this by the general atmosphere of very full cooperation with the Israelis in the Pentagon policy shop." Patrick Lang, who formerly worked with Larry Franklin at the Defense Intelligence Agency "There is a huge, aggressive, ongoing set of Israeli activities directed against the United States. Anybody who worked in counterintelligence in a professional capacity will tell you the Israelis are among the most aggressive and active countries targeting the United States. They undertake a wide range of technical operations and human operations. People here as liaison aggressively pursue classified intelligence from people. The denials are laughable." Former intelligence official "I don't know of any foreign government that doesn't do collection in Washington." Bush administration official who confirmed that Israel ran intelligence operations against the United States "The investigation sort of evaporated when the leaks started. Investigators were watching the activities of a few people and now they know they're being watched. It has become a nightmare." Law enforcement official concerning the leaking of the Bureau investigation of Larry Franklin/AIPAC
Case Links	BEFORE Arrest News Stories AFTER Arrest News Stories American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) What is AIPAC? The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is considered one of the three most powerful lobbies in Washington. Founded in 1951 as American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs by I.L. (Sy) Kenen, the lobby sought to circumvent the State Department to appeal directly to Congress to provide aid to Israel. The lobby changed its name to American Israel Public Affairs Committee by the end of the decade. AIPAC is a membership organization and currently boasts 65,000 members across all 50 of the American states. According to the organization’s website, “through more than 2,000 meetings with members of Congress” it’s activists “help pass more than 100 pro-Israel legislative initiatives a year”......Read more on SpinWatch Israeli Embassy in Washington The Pentagon Douglas Feith bio Wikipedia information on case Israeli Threat Memo Israeli Intelligence The Mossad official website Jonathan Pollard website Franklin case on Justice for Jonathan Pollard site
BOOKS	Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services by Ian Black Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad (Updated Edition) by Gordon Thomas Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community by Dan Raviv, Yossi Melman By Way of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky The Woman from Mossad: The Story of Mordechai Vanunu & the Israeli Nuclear Program by Peter Hounam Territory of Lies: The Exclusive Story of Jonathan Jay Pollard : The American Who Spied on His Country for Israel and How He Was Betrayed by Wolf Blitzer A Spy in Canaan: My Life As a Jewish-American Businessman Spying for Israel in Arab Lands by Howard H. Schack Spies, Inc. : Business Innovation from Israel's Masters of Espionage by Stacy Perman The Liberty Incident: The 1967 Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship by A. Jay Cristol

News:

LEAK 27 AUG 2004:

CBS News learns about the FBI counterintelligence investigation of Larry Franklin and The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

FBI Probes Pentagon Spy Case

CBS News has learned that the FBI has a full-fledged espionage investigation under way and is about to -- in FBI terminology -- "roll up" someone agents believe has been spying not for an enemy, but for Israel from within the office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. 60 Minutes Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports the FBI believes it has "solid" evidence that the suspected mole supplied Israel with classified materials that include secret White House policy deliberations on Iran. At the heart of the investigation are two people who work at The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington. The FBI investigation, headed up by Dave Szady, has involved wiretaps, undercover surveillance and photography that CBS News was told document the passing of classified information from the mole, to the men at AIPAC, and on to the Israelis…….(CBS News, 27 Aug 04)

DoD Response to CBS Report:

“DoD has been cooperating with the Department of Justice on this matter for an extended period of time. It is the DoD understanding that the investigation within the DoD is limited in its scope.” (DOD, 28 Aug 04)

AIPAC Statement on Spy Case

A statement from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Friday regarding an FBI investigation into whether a Pentagon analyst acted as a spy for Israel:…..(AP, 27 Aug 04)

BEFORE Arrest News Stories

ARREST 4 MAY 2005:

Larry Franklin arrested by the FBI

Pentagon Analyst Charged With Passing Secrets

A policy analyst who worked in the office of the undersecretary of defense was arrested today and charged with illegally disclosing classified information relating to "potential attacks" on U.S. forces in Iraq, the Justice Department announced. In a statement and an FBI affidavit, the government said Lawrence Franklin, 58, passed information to two unnamed individuals.....(Washington Post, 4 May 05)

AFTER Arrest News Stories