Prosecutor in AIPAC affair is named new U.S. deputy AG

Haaretz
Oct. 22, 2005

WASHINGTON - President George Bush announced Saturday his intention to nominate Paul J. McNulty, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice.

McNulty is the Federal prosecutor in the cases of former defense analyst Larry Franklin, and the two former AIPAC lobbyists, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman.

All three were indicted for conspiring "to communicate national defense information ... [to] persons not en-titled to receive it."

The case involves their alleged dissemination of classified information that the AIPAC lobbyists received from Franklin.

The indictment charged that the three disclosed secret information about U.S. policy toward Iran and terrorism to an unnamed foreign power, identified by sources as Israel.

McNulty presently serves as the District Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Prior to this, he served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice.

McNulty has also served as the Justice Department's Director of Policy and Chief Spokesman.

Earlier in his career, he was Chief Counsel and Director of Legislative Operations for the Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.

He also served as Chief Counsel to the House Subcommittee on Crime.

Mr. McNulty received his bachelor's degree from Grove City College and his JD from Capital University School of Law.