Spies Like Us

AIPAC's Ambassadors of Armageddon talk tough (and some do more than that), but ask them about Steve Rosen and they run for cover.

Amid AIPAC's Big Show, Straight Talk With a Noticeable Silence

Words are seldom minced at the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

During a luncheon speech yesterday at the convention center, Daniel Gillerman, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, shouted a barnyard obscenity involving a bull when he dismissed the theory that Iran and Hamas might soften their anti-Israel views. The audience gave Gillerman a standing ovation.

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But ask people at this week's gathering about Steve Rosen, the father
of modern AIPAC, who goes on trial next month for disseminating
classified information, and you get the sort of look you'd expect if
you inquired about an embarrassing medical condition.

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