US Strips Jewish Army Major of Security Clearance

Jerusalem Post ^

[RCW2001]

US strips Jewish army major of security clearance
By Arieh O'Sullivan

The US Army has revoked the security clearance of a Jewish reserve major, forcing him to give up command of an intelligence unit, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

The officer claims the action was for no other reason other than his close ties and affiliation to Israel. He said this reflected an inherent anti-Semitism in the US intelligence community.

Maj. Shawn Pine, commander of the 300th Military Intelligence Company (Linguist) of Austin, Texas, holds dual US-Israeli citizenship and is also an IDF veteran of the Golani Brigade as well as the elite US Army Rangers.

Pine, a specialist in counterintelligence, said he was given top-secret clearance after going through a detailed background investigation and polygraph in 1991.

Born in the United States, Pine immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of 17 in the late 1970s. He was conscripted into the IDF and served three years in the Golani Brigade. But after his discharge, he returned to America for university studies. He chose a military career and served nine years as an officer in active duty in the US Army.

"It is not like my service and affiliation with Israel was kept a secret. I have always been very forthcoming in disclosing all of my interactions with Israel," Pine said.

"As with many Americans, the events of September 11th reinvigorated my sense of patriotism," Pine said. "But rather than try to utilize my experience and education, the US intelligence community is mired in a paranoid abyss in which it perceives every Jew to be Jonathan Pollard."

[Twodees]

Yep, it could have been for any number of reasons, but for sure there was a reason. The fact that the fellow blabs about it to the press and tries to claim discrimination based on religion shows that he didn't deserve the clearance anyway.

[MindBender26]

Actually, I can think of seven sets of linked phrases to go in the blanks.

[bribriagain]

Veronica is, as the saying goes, an accomplished liar. Many thousands of Americans may die in support of her/his/its lies.

[Don Myers]

"but we need to respect them too"

I do respect them. It is the double allegiance and security clearances thing with which I am having a problem.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I don't blame you for questioning dual citizenship. I personally think this way... Islamic states can't get along with anyone. So anyone that drives them as nuts as the Isrealis are doing the right thing. And the only time Jews get in trouble with anyone is when they are slandered. For example, the Jewish Banker Conspiracy Theory. Supposedly, Jewish bankers run the earth. There is only one problem with that theory. If Jewish bankers were so powerful, why hasn't Israel been more agressive and sent Bush's ambassadores packing by now? Why is Arafat still alive if Jewish bankers dominate the world economy? Freegards....

[imperator2]

Liars do not need to be refuted repeatedly. It has been done enough. You and your ilks will just go on repeating the same lies over and over again. An old Nazi trick. Goodbye.

[Nachum]

Maybe the state dept. boys are hiding something from Israel...

[JJ59]

Are you a dual loyalty Muslim? Or a single loyalty Muslim? What's up with that cutting and pasting from Islamic web sites? Most especially without giving a source URL. You think people at FR are so stupid to swallow such Arab Propaganda?

[bvw]

We work extemely closely with the British.

There are two places, IMNHO, where our laws derive from. One, the immediate one, is Britian, there our secular laws nearly all derive. Excusing of course, a bit in your home state where its derives from the French Napoleanic Codes.

The other place, is Israel, Jewish Palestine, Israel. From there our theological laws derive, and through those theological laws the Brititsh codes have been refined, have been annealed.

We are in a war of laws. Our Law is taking its proper place in the world. Other systems of law realise they can not live while our law exists, so those systems of law have placed us, our Laws, under a fight to the finish.

Our true allies are the Brtitsh and the Israelis. This is not just a temporary, fleeting, political alliance. It is a deep permanent alliance, an inseperable alliance, an alliance that is, whether we, individually, admit it or no.

[bvw]

Let's look at the facts, then:

Death to America.
Death to Israel.
Allah is great.

I don't think there is any confusion at all in our enemy's mind.

[ThinkNot]

"I believe veronica gets mad at anything critical of the Jewish people, right or wrong."

Hey!... by golly,... I think you might be on to something there... lol

[Sabramerican]

Did I not make my purpose clear? Hate when that happens...even if all it proves is that my opponent is dense.

That you listed all the Jews is a good thing. In the history of the United States and before, there were two incidents of Jews spying on the US. Pollard and the associated garbage around the Rosenbergs.

The fact is that you can list them all: as compared to the thousands of non-Jews-who seriously betrayed America-too numerous to list.

I'm sorry that any Jews spied. I'm sorry that any non-Jews spied. I'm sorry you're obsessed with Jews. I'm sorry you condition seems incurable.

[Sabramerican]

Seriously? When you write, does it seem coherent at the time?

You got me. I confess. I'm obsessed with Gentiles. They're everywhere. Everywhere I turn, Gentiles. I see them on the street, on television, work, at parties. There are so many, I think they may be taking over.