AUSA Threatens 60 Minutes in Bell Case

Matthew Gaylor freematt at coil.com
Sat Mar 3 19:18:16 PST 2001


"Aimee Farr" <aimee.farr at pobox.com> wrote:
><snip> "Unrelated to the Bell case, Ciralsky has been involved in a
>long-running legal battle with the Central Intelligence Agency in a dispute
>about his former employment in the legal department of the agency." <snip>
>
>Bit of an understatement.
>
>http://antipolygraph.org/litigation/ciralsky/ciralsky-complaint.shtml

I found the comment "First Amendment rights by Ciralsky and other 
Jewish-Americans as "pro-Israeli baggage" to be interesting-

>  20. In response to questioning about Ciralsky's treatment, a 
>high-ranking CIA official whose identity was masked recently 
>disclosed that the Agency uses a per se anti-Semitic profile 
>specifically to target American Jews at the CIA for disparate and 
>unlawful security and CI investigations and treatment. American 
>Jews, Ciralsky among them, have had their security clearances 
>revoked and have been fired by the CIA purely on account of the 
>Agency's suspicion that Jews pose a special security risk because of 
>a perceived divided loyalty to both the United States of America and 
>the State of Israel.
>21. According to the aforementioned CIA official, "the so-called 
>evidence that has been presented regarding a number of individuals 
>who, it's claimed, are spying for Israel . . . is very, very flimsy 
>indeed" and CIA officials are "casting too wide a net . . . using 
>tactics that are just not called for, and . . . are harming folks 
>who are not a problem."
>22. Ciralskyís CI and security files reveal that the CIA and the FBI 
>began with the assumption that Ciralsky and other committed American 
>Jews are disloyal Americans and should be treated as security risks. 
>A selective release of documents by the CIA on July 7, 1998 reveals 
>the following:
>a. official CIA records describe Ciralsky as a "rich Jewish" 
>employee with a "wealthy daddy";
>
>b. official CIA records compare Ciralsky to other "hard-line" Jews 
>at the CIA who "think in terms of 'us' versus 'them'";
>
>c. official CIA records refer to the simple exercise of First 
>Amendment rights by Ciralsky and other Jewish-Americans as 
>"pro-Israeli baggage" and a "CI issue" deserving of special 
>treatment;


Regards,  Matt-


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