On the other hand.....

On the other hand, look at the soft pedaled version of transferring classified information to Israel that the NYTimes gives in the AIPAC scandal. Remember, Rove/Novak are yet to be indicted while Rosen has been indicted as well as caught on tape numerous times discussing the fact that he knew he was transferring classified information.

Foreign spies taking classified info out of the DoD and it gets this coverage.

"Cry bias, and let loose the dogs of war."

Again, NYTimes.

Use of Espionage Law in Case Troubles Analysts

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 - In early 2003, Steven J. Rosen, an influential lobbyist on Israeli affairs, heard from "a friend" at the Pentagon about a classified government report on Middle East policy, federal prosecutors say, and he thought others should know about it, too.

Within hours, Mr. Rosen was discussing details of the secret material with Israeli officials as well as with a senior fellow at a Washington policy institute, prosecutors say. A few days after that, he contacted several reporters in town to encourage them to pursue what he considered a big story, related to the formulation of American policy on Iran.

"I'm not supposed to know this," he confided to a reporter, according to federal officials who were wiretapping his conversations. ....

But some legal analysts(HOW MANY?), lobbyists and media lawyers said Friday that they were troubled by the government's broad reading of the law. They said the government's indictment in the case and the strong message it sent could be read as signaling that anyone receiving classified information - including lobbyists, private policy researchers and reporters - might be committing a crime, even if the aim was to further public policy debate. ....