When Is Religious Discrimination Okay?
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
This is Keith Weissman, Steve Rosen and Steve’s lawyer Abbe Lowell (who some of you long-time scandal-watchers may remember at Gary Condit’s lawyer from back in the day). Keith and Steve used to work for the American Israeli Political Action Committee, until they were caught receiving classified intelligence on Iran from Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin, who has since pleaded guilty. Steve and Keith are about to be tried in federal court on espionage charges for giving the classified Iran info to journalists and Israeli officials. However, the real question is whether the prosecution will be able to exclude Jewish jurors (or jurors with Jewish-sounding names) and the defense will be able to exclude Muslim-y jurors.
This is Keith Weissman, Steve Rosen and Steve’s lawyer Abbe Lowell (who some of you long-time scandal-watchers may remember at Gary Condit’s lawyer from back in the day). Keith and Steve used to work for the American Israeli Political Action Committee, until they were caught receiving classified intelligence on Iran from Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin, who has since pleaded guilty. Steve and Keith are about to be tried in federal court on espionage charges for giving the classified Iran info to journalists and Israeli officials. However, the real question is whether the prosecution will be able to exclude Jewish jurors (or jurors with Jewish-sounding names) and the defense will be able to exclude Muslim-y jurors.
