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Reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is in communication with a Pentagon official suspected of passing secrets to Israel. How the FBI is seeking to gain the cooperation of analyst Larry Franklin in their espionage investigation, according to government officials; Possibility that Franklin provided classified documents to a pro-Israel lobbying group, which included a sensitive report about U.S. policy toward Iran; Why U.S. policy toward Iran is of critical importance to Israel; Background on the inquiry; Potential political implications of the case.

Reports that Samuel R. Berger resigned as a senior adviser to presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign after the disclosure that he had improperly removed classified material on terrorism from a secure government reading room. Criticism of Berger from Republican leaders who accused him of crossing lines of national security in an effort to improve Kerry's campaign; Acknowledgement that Berger removed copies of classified documents related to a failed 1999 terrorist plot to bomb the Los Angeles airport; How Berger did not want his actions to detract from Kerry's candidacy.