DOE Employee, Prison Chaplain Loses Clearance

The June 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette carried an article on Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist, DOE employee, and Muslim prison chaplain who had his security clearance revoked on “anonymous, unspecified allegations.” He says the FBI asked him about comments he made to prisoners that seemed to justify violence and called into question his allegiance to the U.S. He says he was denied a hearing into the allegations and that his clearance was revoked on national security grounds. The American Civil Liberties Union has taken interest in his case.

‘A lot of people lose their jobs, El-Ganayni said. ‘What bothers me is the way it’s been done. They are taking away my livelihood without any due process. Even a serial killer gets a chance to defend himself. This is not justice.’

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