The Attorney General seeks the source of leaks about the investigation of the prime minister.
Attorney General Menachem (Meni) Mazuz wants to formulate a list of all the persons with access to the investigation material in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's envelopes affair. Mazuz wants their consent to undergo polygraph tests in order to identify who leaked the material to the media.
Olmert is one of the persons that Mazuz wants to take the polygraph, as well as Olmert's former bureau director, Shula Zaken.
There are four groups involved in the envelopes affair investigation: the Israel Police team (the National Fraud Unit compartmentalizes the investigators in different cases); the State Prosecutor team and officials from Attorney General Office who participated in the discussions about the case; Olmert's lawyers; and Zaken's lawyer. The defense lawyers received the material to prepare for Morris Talansky's preliminary testimony.
Last week, Hebrew dailies "Ma'ariv" and "Yediot Ahronot" published the transcripts of the questioning of Olmert and of Adv. Uri Messer. Olmert's lawyer, Adv. Eli Zohar, filed a complaint with Mazuz demanding an investigation of the leak.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 23, 2008
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