NEW DOJ POLICY ON THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT WILL RESULT IN FEW PROSECUTIONS

If you read the fine print in yesterday's GENERAL POLICY REGARDING CHARGING, PLEA NEGOTIATIONS AND SENTENCING, you now know that FARA prosecutions will only occur when there's an actual element of espionage involved. the vast majority of Foreign Agents Registration Act cases during the past decade definitely do NOT involve the gathering of intelligence, espionage or anything close to spying.

What the new AG memorandum will accomplish we cannot say, but you can forget about seeing new FARA indictments, in my humble opinion. Of course, the political aspect of declining to charge American businessmen with FARA violations, when they neglect to file, one cannot ignore, Take a close look at who has been charged in recent years, if you miss my meaning.