Treason Lobby Goes Tawdry!

Internet porn, gay sex, and espionage--all at AIPAC:

The latest shot in a long-running legal battle between AIPAC and Steven Rosen, a former top official at the pro-Israel group, reveals that AIPAC staffers regularly looked at Internet porn in the office, and that the married Rosen allegedly cruised for gay sex on Craigslist, according to new court filings.

The Forward has the full back story here, but the basics are these: Former AIPAC official Steven Rosen was charged with espionage in 2005 for allegedly receiving and distributing classified information on U.S. policy toward Iran and other matters (the charges were later dropped). Soon after the charges were brought, AIPAC fired Rosen, with a spokesman saying that Rosen "did not comport with standards that AIPAC expects of all its employees." In response, Rosen sued AIPAC for defamation.

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There are revelations of political interest in the documents, as well. As M.J. Rosenberg notes, Rosen reveals that "immediately upon being told by the FBI that he was in serious trouble, and being warned by AIPAC's counsel to come immediately to his office and talk to no one in advance, he immediately ran to meet with the #2 at the Israeli embassy!"

Yes, I am enjoying this. Too much, probably.

Adam Smith and Marx were wrong. It's not the pursuit of economic self-interest that rules the world, it's the pursuit of .... er, well, something else. I suppose we could call it gene replication.