Must be a Spy, He’s a Jew!

Posted on August 5, 2008
Filed Under Antisemitism, Freedom of Religion, Hebrew, International, Israel, Muslim Brotherhood, Pentagon, US Department of Defense, US Department of Justice, United States, prejudice, spying | 2 Comments

Are antisemitic attitudes ingrained in higher places in the US? Is a Jew automatically a spy for Israel, because he is a Jew? Some governmental institutions act as if such is, indeed, the case:

Pentagon: We thought engineer was Israeli spy because he’s a Jew

The Pentagon has admitted in an internal report that it wrongly accused an army engineer from Michigan of spying for Israel because he was a Jew.

David Tenenbaum of Southfield is an Orthodox Jew and fluent in Hebrew. The Defense Department put him on paid leave in 1997 while it and the FBI investigated his ties to Israel.

He eventually was cleared of leaking military secrets, but says he has been vindicated by the report. Tenenbaum was hired as an engineer by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) in Warren, Michigan. The Pentagon report said Tenenbaum’s knowledge of Hebrew made him a more attractive candidate, since it would facilitate working with Israel on various joint military projects, the Free Press reported.

“It was well known that Mr. Tenenbaum was Jewish, lived his religious beliefs and by his actions appeared to have a close affinity for Israel,” the Pentagon report, which was released three weeks ago, said. “We believe that Mr. Tenenbaum was subjected to unusual and unwelcome scrutiny because of his faith and ethnic background, a practice that would undoubtedly fit a definition of discrimination.”

In 2000, Tenenbaum filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, accusing it of employing “Naziesque” surveillance methods against Jews, according to the Detroit Free Press. Tenenbaum, who had sought more than $20 million in damages, said he was the subject of a federal investigation that “literally terrorized” him and his family, according to the Free Press.

Tenenbaum’s lawyer told the Free Press that the investigation led the Army to shelve his client’s Humvee armor project in 1995, a move that he said cost the lives of ill-equipped American soldiers deployed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tenenbaum still works at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command in Warren. He told the Detroit Free Press he wants an apology from the Army and his accusers punished.

“We believe that Mr. Tenenbaum was subjected to unusual and unwelcome scrutiny because of his faith and ethnic background, a practice that would undoubtedly fit a definition of discrimination.” Hmmnnnn… A certain Hesham Islam rose to a high enough rank in the Pentagon, that he constantly invited Muslim Brotherhood affiliated organizations – in direct violation of the US Constitution – to visit and meet with the Pentagon’s brass, he was instrumental in the firing of Steven Coughlin (because the latter dared do the job he was payed to do!) In spite of the fact that Commander Hesham Islam’s official bio gives rise to more questions than it answers, no one at the Pentagon had the slightest thought of ever investigating him. Let’s face it, he wasn’t Jewish!!!

Yes I know, gentle reader, no doubt you are thinking of Jonathan Pollard. Yes, there have been spies in this the United States of America. Heard the name John Anthony Walker, Jr? Has anyone ever heard, or seen the media mention what his religion was? No?!?!? How come everyone who follows whatever Walker’s religion is, is not automatically a suspect?!?!? Of course to suspect everyone because of their religion is illegal, illogical and tramples on the civil rights of Americans. In short it would be an unwarranted, unconstitutional attack on people simply because of their beliefs. Are Jews not accorded equal rights? Has anyone bothered informing the Pentagon that Jews have the same rights as anyone else?!? Oh, and unlike another minority we do not demonstrate demanded decapitation for those who wrong us, even when the wrong is a real one!

…the investigation led the Army to shelve his client’s Humvee armor project in 1995, a move that he said cost the lives of ill-equipped American soldiers deployed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. I guess suspecting, harassing, and investigating an innocent Jew and his family because… he had the impudence of being a Jew, must have been worth it, right?!?!?

Chaim

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2 Responses to “Must be a Spy, He’s a Jew!”

Kate from Mississippi, United States on August 5th, 2008 5:12 pm

For the love of all that’s Holy…what is wrong with these people? I wasn’t aware that Israel was trying to take over the U.S. On the other hand, we have high ranking Muslims, and we KNOW what their ultimate goal is. Criminy! Is there NO common sense left….anywhere?
Always On Watch from United States on August 5th, 2008 11:04 pm

Can’t you hear the uproar now if the Pentagon’s position with an employee were “He’s a Moslem and must be a terrorist and a Wahhabist spy”? Were that the case, this story would be all over the front pages of nearly every newspaper in America.