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Report: Israeli defense official denied visa to U.S.
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, Uzi Arad 

Uzi Arad, who is in line to become Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of the National Security Council, is forbidden from entering the United States, according to a report in Tuesday's Washington Times.

Since June 2007, American authorities have refused to grant Arad permission to enter the country on grounds that Arad poses "a security risk," the paper reported.

American investigators believe Arad is involved in the Larry Franklin affair. Franklin, a former Pentagon analyst, was investigated by the FBI on suspicion he passed classified information on Iran to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. U.S. officials believe Franklin met with Arad during his frequent trips to Israel.
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In the original indictment which was later annulled, Franklin is said to have met with Arad in the cafeteria of the Pentagon in February 2004. Franklin is also believed to have met with an Israeli diplomat serving in the Washington embassy who suggested that he meet with Arad.

During Arad's last visit to the United States, FBI agents sought to question him. Arad, who was on his way to the airport to catch a return flight to Israel, suggested the investigators accompany him on the flight and question him on board the airplane. The agents agreed and conducted the questioning in flight.

Tuesday editions of The Washington Times quotes Arad as saying that he tried in vain to obtain a visa to the U.S., though he added that the Israeli government is working to rectify the matter.

"The director general of the Israel Foreign Ministry did tell his American counterparts that there has been no cause to deny me a visa," Arad told The Washington Times.

Israeli sources said they were hopeful Arad's appointment to National Security council chief would enable his entry into the United States.

In 2006, Franklin was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for giving classified information to an Israeli diplomat and members of a pro-Israel lobbying group.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said he gave Franklin a sentence on the low end of federal guidelines because it appeared Franklin was trying help the United States, not hurt it.

The judge also agreed to let Franklin remain free while the government continues with the wider case. His prison time could be sharply reduced in return for his help in prosecuting two former members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
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