{"id":3223,"date":"2001-10-24T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2001-10-24T20:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2024-09-26T06:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T11:25:32","slug":"army-revokes-clearance-of-jewish-major-who-passed-polygraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/24\/army-revokes-clearance-of-jewish-major-who-passed-polygraph\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Revokes Clearance of Jewish Major Who Passed Polygraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arieh O&#8217;Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20011127003300\/http:\/\/cgis.jpost.com\/cgi-bin\/General\/printarticle.cgi?article=\/Editions\/2001\/10\/24\/News\/News.36824.html\">reports<\/a> for the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em> in an article titled, &#8220;US Army strips Jewish Major of security clearance.&#8221; Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JERUSALEM (October 24) &#8211; The US Army has revoked the security clearance of a Jewish reserve officer, forcing him to give up command of an intelligence unit, The Jerusalem Post has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officer, Maj. Shawn Pine, claims it was only because of his close ties to Israel and reflected an inherent anti-Semitism in the US intelligence community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pine, commander of the 300th Military Intelligence Company (Linguist) of Austin, Texas, holds dual US-Israeli citizenship and is also a veteran of the IDF&#8217;s Golani Brigade and the US Army Rangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A specialist in counterintelligence, Pine said he was given top-secret clearance after going through a detailed background investigation and polygraph in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;Trouble started last summer when his periodic reinvestigation for his security clearance came up and he disclosed that he had been called up to reserve duty while in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I believe that they are revoking my clearance on the most spurious of reasons, a function of profiling and a decision to ferret out Jewish officers who have connections with Israel,&#8221; Pine said. &#8220;A few months after I provided my statement I was asked to take a polygraph. That is an extraordinary procedure and not part of the normal investigative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was told that up until then everything with the background investigation was fine and that they just wanted to be sure that nothing had happened while I was in Israel. I readily agreed, and passed the polygraph. Yet they still revoked my clearance based upon information that was in their possession prior to my taking the polygraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not only did they blatantly lie, I think this clearly demonstrates they had nefarious intentions,&#8221; Pine said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Update &#8211; 21 February 2021:<\/strong> Shawn M. Pine was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 while working as an intelligence contractor. See, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/from-golani-to-kabuls-killing-fields\">&#8220;From Golani to Kabul&#8217;s Killing Fields&#8221;<\/a> by <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em> correspondent E.B. Solomon.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arieh O&#8217;Sullivan reports for the Jerusalem Post in an article titled, &#8220;US Army strips Jewish Major of security clearance.&#8221; Excerpt: JERUSALEM (October 24) &#8211; The US Army has revoked the security clearance of a Jewish reserve officer, forcing him to give up command of an intelligence unit, The Jerusalem Post has learned. 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