The
Intelligencer
Wheeling, West Virginia, Wednesday, June 22,
2005W
VA News Man Indicted in
Spy Probe ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - A Jefferson
County man accused of illegally possessing secret
United States government documents was indicted
Tuesday by a federal grand jury in
Elkins. The one-count indictment alleges that
Lawrence Anthony Franklin, 58, willfully
retained classified documents at his Kearneysville
home. A search of the home last June turned
up 83 such documents from the Pentagon, where
Franklin works as an analyst. His lawyer has
said Franklin had the documents in his home
because he was preparing to interview for a
government position. The FBI contends that Franklin, who has been a
member of the Department of Defense since 1979, was
authorized to carry classified documents in
Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., but not in
West Virginia. If convicted, Franklin faces up to 10 years in
prison and a fine of up to $250,000. He has also been indicted in federal court in
Alexandria, Va., on six charges that he leaked
classified military information to employees of a
pro-Israel lobbying organization [AIPAC,
America-Israel Public Affairs Committee] and an
Israeli official. Franklin has pleaded not guilty to those charges
and faces trial Sept. 6. The Air Force Reserve colonel holds a doctorate
in Asian studies. He has taught history courses at Shepherd
University in Shepherdstown for the past five
years. 
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