Ethics

Muslim Physicist Loses Security Clearance to Retaliation

By Ed Brayton

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports on a Muslim physicist who lost his security clearance after criticizing the war in Iraq:

The Egyptian-born physicist, a U.S. citizen since 1988, lost his security clearance late last year, along with his job at the Bettis nuclear propulsion lab in West Mifflin, where he'd worked since 1990.

The clearance was revoked by order of Jeffrey Kupfer, acting deputy energy secretary. He said he had "reliable information" that Dr. El-Ganayni was a security risk but refused to let him see any evidence or defend himself.

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