[RinaseaofDs]

Yup. I can see why they might have been excluded. Two reasons right up front.

1. Ties to Israeli Intelligence.
2. Not enough information to clear the candidate's background sufficient for employment.

This looks like another FBI hit piece. Out of context.

[muawiyah]

It's probably very difficult to do a clearance on someone in NYC who has a grandfather from Iraq, and has some family members living in Israel, and some here, and some in France.

Doesn't mean they can't do a good job translating for you ~ just that there's not enough money in the world to do a clearance on them.

[muawiyah]

It's probably very difficult to do a clearance on someone in NYC who has a grandfather from Iraq, and has some family members living in Israel, and some here, and some in France.

Doesn't mean they can't do a good job translating for you ~ just that there's not enough money in the world to do a clearance on them.

[SJackson]

Yup. I can see why they might have been excluded. Two reasons right up front.
1. Ties to Israeli Intelligence.
2. Not enough information to clear the candidate's background sufficient for employment.
This looks like another FBI hit piece. Out of context.

That's nonsense, which is why the FBI never used the excuse. The FBI is quite competant at doing security checks. As I recall, this turned out to be a relatively low level decision, for which there were no explanations.

I'm curious, how would a 1st or 2nd generation Egyptian, Jordanian or Iraqi Jew be more of an inherant security risk than an 1st or 2nd generation Egyptian, Jordanian or Iraqi Arab.

[FreedomCalls]

Yup. I can see why they might have been excluded. Two reasons right up front.

1. Ties to Israeli Intelligence.
2. Not enough information to clear the candidate's background sufficient for employment.

1. So it's OK if they have ties to Arabic countries' intelligence agencies but not to Israel's?
2. So you think it's easier to clear someone from Israel than from Iraq because it is easier to do a background investigation in Baghdad than Tel Aviv?

[NYC GOP Chick]

Of course! The old "dual loyalty" smear. And, surely, no Arab would *ever* even *think* about betraying us to various Arab intelligence organizations!

After all, it was Jewish jihadists who hijacked those 4 airplanes and rammed 2 of them into the World Trade Center, 1 into the Pentagon and the last one into the ground. It's plainly clear that this was a Mossad operation, right?