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Reports on recent socio-political events from the world. Report that the United States has been the most judicious of all governments in the world in deciding what to do about the energy crisis; Information on the plans introduced by U.S. President Jimmy Carter related to the prices of domestic oil and federal control over natural gas prices; Focus on relations in the Middle East; Information on the visit of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt to Israel; Views of President Carter on the habits of secrecy in previous administrations; View that Carter administration's initial proposals to reform the security classification system would only perpetuate the secrecy mania of the federal bureaucracy; Information on the current tussle between the White House and the Republican congressional leadership over appointments to the Federal Election Commission.

The article focuses on the espionage operations of Israel against the U.S. After Jonathan Pollard was sentenced into a life imprisonment, the U.S. together with Israeli government have agreed that neither nation would conduct espionage operations without consent. However, the Israeli government did not honor its commitment after the Pollard incident and continues to conduct such activities particularly on those classified information which being condemned heavily by the U.S. authorities.

Looks at the latest scandal to hit the desk of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. How routine eavesdropping on an Israeli Embassy official and a pro-Israel lobbyist turned up an alleged spy; Larry Franklin, a desk officer with the Near East and South Asia office at the Pentagon, who is suspected of passing classified information to Israel; Evidence that has been gathered; Motive for the spying which appears to be hatred of Iran; Denials by the Israelis that they conduct any spying on U.S. soil.

The article discusses the efforts to release convicted spy Jonathan Jay Pollard. The request of Israeli leaders and Pollard himself for commutation of his life sentence is discussed, noting that he was convicted in 1985 for selling classified U.S. documents to Israel. Former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director James Woolsey has mentioned that he would support Pollard's release on the conditions that Pollard show remorse and renounce any financial profits he has made from his case.

The article focuses on the documents released by WikiLeaks, the nonprofit media organization which leaks classified information from the U.S. government, and its effect on Israel. On April 5, 2010, WikiLeaks exposed a 2007 U.S. military video shot showing an unprovoked killing of a dozen Iraqi civilians and two Reuters news staff. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange also shared all the classified U.S. State Department material with select mainstream newspapers, including "Le Monde," in France, "El Pais," in Spain, and "The Guardian," in Great Britain.

The article focuses on the indictment of Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman, former lobbyists for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in 2005 for passing classified U.S. information to the Israeli government and reporters. They were charged with conspiracy to communicate national defense information, which included classified reports about Iranian threats to Israel.