bombed by israeli jets and i'm sure that's all the time we have for today chairman of the foreign press association in israel thank you. very. well the man who blew the cover of a group of russian agents in the u.s. last year has been found guilty in absentia of treason and assertion by a moscow court intelligence colonel alexander to tell you have fled the country before the scandal last june which saw ten agents including and chapman arrested. outside of a has been following the proceedings. this very high profile case has been deemed top secret and classified so most of the proceedings that took place in moscow's military court were held behind closed doors and every shred of evidence and witness statement that was submitted throughout the course of the trial was also classified and top secret but we do know that of excited by c. it has been stripped of all of his military ranks and achievements and found guilty of treason and sentenced to twenty five years in prison of course at the moment that really doesn't affect his life that much because of course he's not in russia porting to the court he

deported from israel and prevented from reentering the country for another ten years the foreign press association which is the umbrella body that represents all foreign journalists working here in israel has issued a harsh statement saying that this is a chilling message to the international media and also that it raises serious questions over israel's commitment to freedom of speech. paula last year a similar humanitarian aid attempt a result of in. the activist at the hands of the israelis how will that affect this latest mission. well that's first photo was at the end of may last year and at that stage it consisted of six ships base itself from turkey but that attempt ended in disaster when israeli commando units. told the law just off those ships it was a boat that was operated by the i h h that is all considered as an extremist organization but which turkey says is a humanitarian organization and nine passengers nine total citizens on board were killed not in an effort to prevent a similar kind of outcome the israeli security cabinet has been holding an emergency meeting today the state of t

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foreign policy of the national press club here in his remarks followed a presentation of the 24th journalism awards. this is an hour. >> it just so happens that our club has enjoyed a close association with the 34th president of united states and his legacy print general ford spoke at this podium a record 18 times. he appeared before, during, and after his presidency. this is one example of how he enjoyed cordial but a corporate relationship with the press. it is a tribute to president ford that many of you at this luncheon today have personal recollections of his brief but historic presidency and his long public service. he has many loyal friends and associates, which says a great deal of the kind of person he was. we also send a special ring set out to former first lady betty ford who is viewing this event via c-span in rancho mirage, california. even though the press was always kind to him, the late hugh study said that ford was the only president he knew who genuinely liked reporters. apparently, the others just faked it. [laughter] former secretary of state henry kissinger, a member of the ford presidential foundation board of trustees, has known a few presidents of the years.