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Israel says it will not negotitate with Hamas:
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has refused to release any Palestinian prisoners in exchange for information about an abducted Israeli soldier.
He was responding to a demand from three militant groups that women and youths be freed from Israeli jails in return for news on Gilad Shalit.
Those making the [...]

Via Paul Mirengoff at Power Line, more bad news:
We’ve been unhappy lately with some of President Bush’s appointees. Generally, the problem has been lack of relevant experience and, perhaps, cronyism. Today, though, I want to focus on a Bush appointee who makes me unhappy precisely because of his relevant experience. I’m referring to the [...]

Looks like federal prosecutors are ratcheting up the case against Larry Franklin. Prosecutors are expected to file new charges related to the classified documents allegedly found at Franklin’s West Virginia home, according to the New York Times.

An update on the national security scandal that few seem to care about: According to JTA News, AIPAC is paying for the legal costs incurred by two former AIPAC officials who are suspected of passing classified information they allegedly got from Larry Franklin to Naor Gilon, an Israeli diplomat.
Related entries here.

FBI agents have begun asking reporters about conversations they had with former Department of Defense analyst Larrry Franklin, the New York Times reports:
The interviews by the Federal Bureau of Investigation are starting with four reporters, among them at least one newspaper journalist and others whose work has been published on the Internet, the officials said. [...]

Steve Rosen, recently fired as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s policy director in the wake of Larry Franklin’s arrest, expects to be indicted for passing classified information to Israel, according to JTA:
Rosen expects that a trial could begin as early as January 2006 and already is preparing for a long defense, according to multiple [...]

John Little at Blogs of War observes that the AP is already rehearsing its teary-eyed eulogy for Yasser Arafat. Not even a mention of Black September, John notes.
Here’s some of the other biographical info they won’t be printing…

Blood-spattered “peace” activism
Arafat’s culture of death
Arafat: Terrorism, Corruption, & Crime

Arafat group sells bombers to Hamas for money, explosives

Arafat’s [...]

The mommy who busted the bomber. Wow. (Via JewishWorldReview.)