The judge in the classified information case against two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee staffers said he was concerned by the never-used statute cited in the charge. “What I’m really expressing discomfort about is that it’s always nice to have clear precedent to follow,” Judge T.S. Ellis III said last Friday as he considered a motion to dismiss the case against Steve Rosen, AIPAC’s former foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, a former Iran analyst.
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