Play it Straight

Israel is done no favors by the likes of mid-level Department of Defense official Larry Franklin, who according to anonymous FBI sources, shared with staffers of AIPAC -- the Israeli lobby in the United States -- a memo with sensitive information about Iran.

If the rumors are true, Franklin needs to be canned, not because what he did was wrong, but because what he did was stupid. There are official diplomatic channels in which intelligence relevant to Israel can be passed along and it's not in a meeting with political action committee with ties to Israel.