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[riverwalker]

I don't have time to investigate this but:

Is this the same 300th Millitary Intelligence unit involved at Abu Ghraib?
Where is he now?
Did he rejoin the 300th because of a severe shortage of intelligence manpower and translators?
Could he be a "contractor" now?
Anyone know?

http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/10/23/LatestNews/LatestNews.36786.html

"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."
"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."

[notadmblnd]

1. Army reinstates Jewish

The U.S. Army has reinstated the security clearance of a Jewish officer who said he believes he initially lost his classification because American officials suspected him of spying for Israel

Pine, a former member of the U.S. Army Rangers, was in command of the 300th Military Intelligence Company in Austin, Texas, when his Top Secret security clearance was revoked. He said Army officials took away his status after he informed them that he performed reserve military duty for the Israel Defense Force, or IDF, for a short time in 1996
In 1995, however, he went back to Israel for two years to attend Hebrew University to study for his doctorate. The following year the IDF called him up.

At the time, he said he told Israeli authorities that he had renounced his Israeli citizenship and that he was currently an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. He also said he contacted the U.S. Embassy in Israel and sought advice from American officials, but they told him he was "required to obey Israeli laws."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27639

[cestmoi]

2. Sounds like a sly disinformation campaign

This story is really too convenient to take at face value. What better disinformation campaign is there than to have dual Israeli-American reserve major suggest that he is a victim of anti-semitic-ism? This story is attempting to cloud the close ties between American and Israeli intelligence by suggesting that an Israeli-American is being subjected to particularly harsh treatment.

[newyawker99]

3. Hi cestmoi!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: