FBI SEARCHES AIPAC OFFICES AGAIN

AIPAC offices searched again
The FBI searched the headquarters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee again. Officials searched the Washington office on Wednesday, seeking information related to an ongoing investigation into the pro-Israel lobby. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed the search, but had no further comment.

Federal investigators have reportedly been investigating AIPAC for two years, and the case is said to focus around a former Pentagon official suspected of passing a classified draft policy statement on Iran to AIPAC, which allegedly then passed it on to Israel.

The search came after several months of reported quiet. Two AIPAC officials, Research Director Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, deputy director for foreign policy issues, were interviewed in August. After a vacation, they have since returned to work.

In a statement Wednesday, AIPAC continued to deny any wrongdoing.

"As we have said from the beginning, AIPAC has done nothing wrong," the statement said. "We are cooperating fully with the governmental authorities in order to get these false and baseless allegations put to rest fully and swiftly."