FBI subpoenas four AIPAC staffers

FBI subpoenas four AIPAC staffers

JTA
Date: 12-01-04

The FBI subpoenaed four senior staffers at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to appear before a grand jury in late December. The FBI on Wednesday searched the Washington office of the pro-Israel lobby, seeking additional files related to two staffers who were interviewed by the agency in August ? Steve Rosen, director for foreign policy issues, and Keith Weissman, deputy director for foreign policy. The FBI also delivered the subpoenas.

Sources close to the investigation told JTA that the four ordered to appear before a grand jury were Howard Kohr, the group?s executive director; Raphael Danziger, the research director; Richard Fishman, the managing director; and Renee Rothstein, the communications director. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed the search, but had no further comment.

Federal investigators reportedly have been investigating AIPAC for two years, and the case is said to focus around a former Pentagon official suspected of passing a classified draft policy statement on Iran to AIPAC, which allegedly then passed it on to Israel.

In a statement Wednesday, AIPAC denied any wrongdoing. ?Neither AIPAC nor any member of our staff has broken any law,? the statement said. ?We are fully cooperating with the governmental authorities. We believe any court of law or grand jury will conclude that AIPAC employees have always acted legally, properly and appropriately.?

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