Classified info

you would think this would get old by now, but noooooooo

FBI fears trail cold after spying suspect revealed - World - www.smh.com.au:

The Pentagon official suspected of turning over classified information to Israel began co-operating with federal agents several weeks ago and was preparing to lead the authorities to contacts inside the Israeli Government when the case became publicly known last week, US officials said.


The disclosure of the inquiry on Friday revealed a covert national security investigation that the FBI had conducted for nearly a year, the officials said. News reports about the inquiry compromised important investigative steps, like the effort to follow the trail back to the Israelis, they said.


As a result, several areas of the case remain murky. These include the legal status of Lawrence Franklin, the lower-level Pentagon policy analyst who the authorities believe passed the Israelis a draft presidential policy directive related to Iran.


But the officials said there was evidence he turned the classified material over to officials at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group, who are suspected of then passing the information to Israeli intelligence.


Investigators do not know whether Israeli intelligence officers "tasked" intermediaries at the group to seek specific information for Mr Franklin to obtain, which would make the case more serious."