Saturday May 2, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

Yesterday United States prosecutors moved to dismiss the case against two former AIPAC personnel.
Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, former high level AIPAC lobbyists, were about to be tried in US District Court on charges of espionage.

The case should never have gotten that far.
The prosecution is dropping the case and the court will certainly agree.
The prosecution was convinced that they could not win given the pre-trial rulings in favor of the defendants.
The Judge, JT Ellis III, saw the case for what it was - a ridiculous miscarriage of justice by the prosecution that bordered on anti-Semitism.

AIPAC made two gargantuan mistakes in dealing with this entire situation.
# 1 was a moral mistake
# 2 was a monetary mistake
Morally, AIPAC was wrong for not standing up for their own.
Monetarily, by dropping their employees and forcing Rosen and Weissman to fend for themselves AIPAC lost the opportunity to raise millions for their defense in the face of this anti-Semitic prosecution.

AIPAC showed poor judgment and even poorer leadership.

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