Israeli Lobby Group Denies Spying Charges
Bernice Manocherian, president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, denounced as “outrageous as well as baseless” allegations that members of her organization helped a Pentagon analyst spy on the U.S. for Israel.
Manocherian spoke at a Republican National Convention event aimed at promoting ties between American Jews and the GOP.
According to U.S. officials, the FBI has spent more than a year investigating whether a Pentagon analyst funneled highly classified material about Iran to AIPAC, the main Israeli lobbying organization, and whether that group passed the information on to Israel. Israeli officials also denied the allegations.
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