A former Pentagon analyst was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison on Friday for passing U.S. defence information to two pro-Israel lobbyists and for sharing classified information with an Israeli diplomat.
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Ellis said Franklin would not have to go to jail to start serving his sentence until he was finished cooperating.
Wonder what he has to say.
Of note: in Oct. when he was found guilty the Washington Post noted:
Court documents filed along with Franklin's plea said he provided classified data -- including information about a Middle Eastern country's activities in Iraq and weapons tests conducted by a foreign country -- to an unnamed "foreign official."
The country was not named, but as Franklin entered his plea, he disclosed that some of the material he gave the lobbyists related to Iran. His attorneys stopped him from speaking further, and prosecutors immediately accused Franklin of revealing classified information in court.
Franklin said he passed the information because he was "frustrated" with the direction of U.S. policy and thought he could influence it by having them relay the data through "back channels" to officials on the National Security Council. He said he never intended to harm the United States, "not even for a second," and that he received far more information from Gilon than he gave. "I knew in my heart that his government already had the information," he said.
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