[New York Times] Neil A. Lewis - A federal appeals court in Richmond on Tuesday ruled in favor of two former lobbyists for a pro-Israel advocacy group in deciding how much classified information they may use in their defense on espionage charges. The appeals court also refused to entertain the government's objections to a series of formidable hurdles to a conviction put in place by the trial judge. The two have asserted that they were unfairly singled out and were only involved in the kind of free trade in information that is a regular and protected part of policy-making. Defense lawyers said Tuesday that they believed the appellate ruling and an earlier one by the trial judge greatly increased the prosecutors' difficulty in continuing the case.
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