$6.64 Billion Damages Sought over Israeli Government and AIPAC Use of Stolen Classified US Trade Data. http://tiny.cc/ic3xo
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS
WIRE)–Today the Section 301 Committee of the US Trade Representative
formally received a petition demanding $6.64 billion in compensation for
US exporters. In 1984 US exporters were urged to submit business
confidential data about their prices, market share, internal costs and
market strategy to the International Trade Commission. The USTR
guaranteed confidentiality and compiled the data into a classified
report for use in negotiating the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
The
Israeli government obtained the classified USTR report and passed it to
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to use in lobbying and
public relations. Declassified FBI investigation files in the petition
reveal AIPAC’s legislative director made illicit duplications before
returning the report by order of the USTR. The FBI interviewed Israeli
Minister of Economics Dan Halpern who admitted obtaining the classified
document and giving it to AIPAC.
According to the petition Israel
unfairly leveraged the business confidential data stolen from US
corporations and industry groups to create new export oriented
industries to penetrate the American market. I… >>>
