Terrorism
U.S. Secretary of State is Subpoenaed
Posted Nov 2, 2007, 02:40 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, among other American intelligence officials, has been subpoenaed to appear as a witness in a federal espionage case against pro-Israeli lobbyists.
Accused of receiving classified terrorism-related information from a Pentagon official who has already been convicted and relaying it to an Israeli official and the media, the defendants say they were merely fulfilling a customary role as U.S. government go-betweens, according to the Associated Press.
Thus, their attorneys argue, how were they supposed to know their conduct was illegal?
Ruling on the issue today in Alexandria, Va., a Washington, D.C., suburb, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said the lobbyists can subpoena Rice and the other officials in an attempt to support this defense argument.
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