| Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal Contributor(s): Smith, Grant F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0976443775 ISBN-13: 9780976443773 Publisher: Institute for Research OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Smith analyzes the history and activities of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, beginning with testimony and subpoenaed documents from the 1963 Senate investigation into the activities of the agents of foreign principals. He makes comprehensive recommendations for legal oversight in the context of AIPACs history as a powerful and secretive foreign agent for Israel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - History | United States - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2007027586 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.63 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: FOREIGN AGENTS analyzes the history and activities of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. FOREIGN AGENTS begins with testimony and subpoenaed documents from the 1963 Senate investigation into the activities of the agents of foreign principals. Senator J.W. Fulbright's discovery of "conduit" money-laundering operations in the US financed by Israeli principals touched off deep and important questions about US lobbying on behalf of the fledgling nation and the applicability of laws such as the Foreign Agents Registration Act and the Logan Act. The book then uncovers AIPAC election law skirmishes in the 1980s-1990s, analyzing the lobby's role in establishing and coordinating political action committees and AIPAC's role in alleged election law violations. FOREIGN AGENTS then turns to the question of espionage. In 2005, two AIPAC executives, Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, were criminally indicted for violating the 1917 Espionage Act. FOREIGN AGENTS reviews behind-the-scenes defense team motions and judicial decisions affecting First Amendment freedom of speech issues and questions about "inside the Beltway" trafficking in classified US defense information by lobbies. FOREIGN AGENTS evaluates Rosen and Weissman's assertions that the conduct alleged in the indictment was within the scope of their employment with AIPAC and was undertaken for AIPAC's benefit. FOREIGN AGENTS then makes comprehensive recommendations for legal oversight in the context of AIPAC's history as a powerful and secretive foreign agent for Israel. |
