Muslim Physicist Says Feds Retaliated Against Him
mtrose | 27 June, 2008 14:57
Link here:
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- An Islamic nuclear physicist on Thursday accused the U.S. Department of Energy of revoking his security clearance in retaliation for his criticism of the government's treatment of Muslims.
The Department of Energy denied El-Ganayni the right to appeal the revocation by saying its reasons are classified and could violate national security if made public. El-Ganayni is demanding that he be allowed to contest it before a "nonpolitical, neutral arbiter as mandated by DOE regulations."
Like we've never heard THAT one before 
El-Ganayni has never received a negative report or evaluation from Bettis Laboratory, and even after the revocation process began, his superiors made it clear they would like to have him back, said Vic Walczak, the ACLU's Pennsylvania legal director.
In other words, there is no legit reason for this and the poor guy has just been screwed. Very nice.
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mtrose | 29/06/2008, 04:52
The reason stuff like this scares me is because it could very easily be me in 10 years or so depending on how whacked our government gets and how far I end up sticking my neck out. There are just too many jobs in my profession that require some sort of government clearance.