New details revealed in secret leaking case
Since FBI translator Shamai Leibowitz was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to leaking information to a blogger, the case has been shrouded in mystery. Even the judge trial didn’t know what information Leibowitz had divulged. Over a year later, it is now known that Leibowitz acquired secret transcript of wiretapped conversation from the Israeli Embassy and passed them on to a blogger named Richard Silverstein. The case is the Obama administration’s first successful prosecution over the leaking of classified information to the media. Scott Shane, national security reporter for The New York Times, interviewed the Seattle-based blogger, Richard Silverstein. He talks about spying on one of our biggest allies and the implications for our diplomatic relations with Israel.
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