Memo to Post...Read Michael Ledeen

Post offers 4th story repeating anonymous allegations against pro-Israel Pentagon employee and AIPAC ...but they still lack news to report.

Leak Probe More Than 2 Years Old
Pro-Israel Group's Possible Role at Issue
By Susan Schmidt and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 2, 2004; Page A06

Michael Ledeen puts the controversy in perspective.....

JJA: Look, as you've said, if the FBI has a real case, they don't go whispering to the press about it. They go to the grand jury. They don't leak, they indict and prosecute.

ML: Plus, they promised their media agents — I mean the journalists — that there would be arrests, and pronto. Nobody's been arrested, and some of the latest stories even quote the "sources" as saying that the Pentagon target — my pal Larry Franklin — may well be exonerated. That's quite a turnaround in a couple of days, isn't it?

JJA: It's embarrassing. At this point, given the state of the "news stories," you'd have to conclude that the CI folks in the bureau are either incompetent or McCarthyites. Either they leaked information that should have been kept secret — if there is indeed any case against Mr. Franklin or others — or they are trying to smear him and some of his friends and colleagues. Including you, I might point out.

As the days lead to weeks, we can be certain there will be no arrests or apologies by the FBI, CI or the smear masters at the Post.