Friday, June 27, 2008

PITTSBURGH — An Egyptian-born nuclear physicist who worked in a
government-financed laboratory here for 18 years filed a lawsuit on Thursday
saying the Energy Department had revoked his security clearance because of
his
ethnicity, his Muslim faith and comments he made criticizing the war in
Iraq.
The physicist, Abdel Moniem Ali el-Ganayni, 57, lost his job
shortly
after his clearance was revoked in May by Jeffrey F. Kupfer, the
Department of
Energy’s acting deputy secretary, who cited “national
security” in refusing to
reveal what led to the revocation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27security.html?ei=5070&en=cd084c8553a00104&ex=1215230400&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1214597513-MrYLUKLPolzwbqrSr90VuA

But Dr. Philip Zack, the man actually CAUGHT entering the storage lab where the anthrax used in the letters was kept, without authorization and after being fired for a racially motivated attack on an Egyptian co-worker, still has his security clearance and still works at a US government lab.
Yes, that demonstrates bias, and I hope Abdel Moniem Ali el-Ganayni wins his lawsuit against the government.

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