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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (144972)	9/6/2004 4:31:48 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

But Luti's name has shown up in the news a time or two lately. No big, of course. Only one of "many" direct underlings of Feith, I assume. Then there's the other issue of who, exactly, fits the "traitor" label when espionage is going on, but that's one for the word police. Inquiry swirls around Pentagon kansascity.com By WARREN P. STROBEL Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON — An FBI investigation into the handling of highly classified material by Pentagon civilians is broader than previously reported, three sources familiar with the inquiry said Saturday. The investigation goes well beyond allegations that a single midlevel analyst gave a top-secret Iran policy document to Israel, they said. The inquiry, which has been going on for more than two years, also has focused on other civilians in the defense secretary's office, the sources said Also, one said, FBI investigators have conducted interviews to determine whether Pentagon officials gave highly classified U.S. intelligence to an Iraqi exile group, the Iraqi National Congress, which may in turn have passed it on to Iran. Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress, has denied that his group was involved in any wrongdoing. The link, if any, between the two leak investigations remains unclear. But both center on the office of Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith, the Pentagon's No. 3 official. Feith's office, which oversees policy matters, had close ties to Chalabi and was responsible for postwar Iraq planning that the administration has acknowledged was inadequate. No one is known to have been charged in the current investigation. Officials said it could result in charges of mishandling classified information, rather than the more serious charge of espionage. The Israeli government on Saturday strenuously denied that it had spied on the United States. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobby suspected of serving as a conduit to Israel for the midlevel analyst, also has denied wrongdoing. That analyst, Larry Franklin, works for Feith's deputy, William Luti. Franklin, a former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, could not be reached for comment. John Walcott of Knight Ridder Newspapers contributed to this report. Reach Warren P. Strobel at wstrobel@krwashington.com.