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Article: Former justice ministry official: US is unlikely to grant Talansky immunity
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- August 26, 2008
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DAN IZENBERG
Jerusalem Post
08-26-2008
Headline: Former justice ministry official: US is unlikely to grant Talansky immunity
Byline: DAN IZENBERG
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 02
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 -- The former head of the International Section of the State Attorney's Office, Irit Kahn, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday it was unlikely US prosecutors would grant immunity to Morris Talansky, one of the state's two key witnesses in an investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
"From my acquaintanceship with the Americans, it is a far stretch to imagine them agreeing to such a request," she said. "If they do, it will mark a big step forward in cooperation between the two ...