nonsense is still out there. "They knew very well that I spoke to the Embassy of Israel, it was no great surprise to them, they also spoke to the embassy," he said. "We would have a triangle, three-way conversation. It was nothing special. It was normal. But these people were talking as if we were a nest of spies, that we were doing something against America." In the interview at his home, Rosen charged that Lawrence Franklin was railroaded into pleading guilty, by threats to harm his family by cutting off his pension. He said federal prosecutors used the same type of tactics against him. "They wanted to destroy me. They forced AIPAC to fire me. They forced AIPAC to cut off my attorneys' fees," he said. "They tried to isolate me, to put me in a situation of desperation where I would have to plead guilty to something I did not do. This happens all the time." See also Jonathan Pollard References External links Letting go of the AIPAC case Los Angeles Times editorial, May 7, 2009 George W. Bush administration controversies Israel–United States relations Iran–United States relations American Israel Public Affairs Committee Foreign relations of the United States Espionage scandals and incidents 2004 in international relations Franklin, Lawrence