The Washington Post has come out with an editorial urging Attorney General Holder to drop the prosections against AIPAC officials Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman.The two were charged with conspiracy to disclose national security secrets in a convoluted case that began in 2005:The government has the right to demand strict confidentiality from government officials and others who swear to protect its secrets. The Justice Department errs egregiously and risks profound damage to the First Amendment, however, when it insists that private citizens -- academics, journalists, think tank analysts, lobbyists and the like -- also are legally bound to keep the nation's secrets. The prosecution in effect criminalizes the exchange of information. If principle alone is not enough to convince Mr. Holder of the need to drop this case, he should also consider the difficulty his prosecutors face in making the charges stick. Recent rulings have strengthened the hand of the defendants by allowing them...(Read Full Post)