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Pentagon: We thought engineer was Israeli spy because he's a Jew
By Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: Jewish World, U.S., Israel 

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.
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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.

Pollard sues State for non-support

Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Tel Aviv District Court against the State of Israel, asking the court to declare that he and his wife, Esther, have not received any financial aid from the state from the day he was arrested.

Pollard, who has been jailed in the United States since 1985 for spying on Israel's behalf, claims that Israel falsely maintains it has helped the couple financially from the day of Pollard's arrest until now.

Pollard stresses that he does not want financial support from Israel, but rather for the state to work for his release.

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      1.   Profiling is Flat Wrong 08:25  |  Mark of Lewiston 05/08/08
      2.   They didn`t investigate him well enough 08:28  |  Natallie Durson 05/08/08
      3.   David Tenebaum`s ties to Israel 08:45  |  Zev Davis 05/08/08
      4.   we thought 08:51  |  Shmuelshachor 05/08/08
      5.   Mr. Tannebaum should sue Pollard & Israeli Tannebaum 2! 08:58  |  an Israeli 05/08/08
      6.   It`s An Edgy Thing 09:04  |  Yosemite 05/08/08
      7.   Well, this was probably out of former experience 09:13  |  Goy 05/08/08
      8.   Nathalie, don`t talke about what you don`t know 09:35  |  Zev Davis 05/08/08
      9.   An isolated case ... 09:38  |  ArabAmerican 05/08/08
      10.   Goes to show 09:44  |  Observer 05/08/08
      11.   A PROPAGANDA FOR ISRAEL 10:09  |  indrajaya 05/08/08
      12.   defend to me sometime, your propensity to stereotype 10:39  |  eric 05/08/08
      13.   I would sue the US government for millions of $`s 13:01  |  Simcha 05/08/08
      14.   ArabAmerican the difference between Jews and Arabs 13:22  |  Simcha 05/08/08
      15.   Spying is a filthy business. 13:22  |  K 05/08/08
      16.   simcha 22 13:31  |  potobac 05/08/08
      17.   #14 Peter SM re Linthwaite 13:34  |  H 05/08/08
      18.   potobac the US is in Israel`s interest 13:58  |  Simcha 05/08/08
      19.   American Patriot. 14:30  |  Maerton 05/08/08
      20.   DURSON.Even when the Pentagon says it in plain English. 14:50  |  PETER SM 05/08/08
      21.   Simcha 15:03  |  Tareq 05/08/08
      22.   Sympathetic jury? 15:11  |  W 05/08/08
      23.   How about this 15:17  |  MR 05/08/08
      24.   #30 Peter SM 15:24  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/08/08
      25.   "AMERICAN PATRIOT"He admitted what? where? 15:25  |  PETER SM 05/08/08
      26.   Profiling of Jews in Pentagon is OLD story 15:30  |  Arie 05/08/08
      27.   To American Patriot - you of course have proof? 15:35  |  Arie 05/08/08
      28.   LINTHWAITE You made a claim,it is proven untrue 15:48  |  PETER SM 05/08/08
      29.   ArabAmerican 16:03  |  judith 05/08/08
      30.   #2 Nat the clown at work again 16:18  |  Rozz 05/08/08
      31.   ArabAmerican, I agree on victims, but RadMuslims are responsible 16:24  |  Simon 05/08/08
      32.   Ha`aretz is censoring people that expose their lies 16:43  |  Gee 05/08/08
      33.   #45 H 16:49  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/08/08
      34.   So all U.S. Jews are suspected Israeli spys by same logic 16:51  |  In Jews we suspect 05/08/08
      35.   To the "american patriot" on #14 16:52  |  Shmuelshachor 05/08/08
      36.   Hey Jews come back to Israel your only real home 16:54  |  prophet not profit 05/08/08
      37.   Linthwaite #44 _ To Answer Your Question 16:59  |  Eli 05/08/08
      38.   #56 Eli 17:16  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/08/08
      39.   ideals vs. reality 17:16  |  oh give me a home 05/08/08
      40.   American and Jewish 17:18  |  canni bal 05/08/08
      41.   Incoming! 17:19  |  utagawa 05/08/08
      42.   simcha 28 17:22  |  potobac 05/08/08
      43.   Normal: Israel does it with Israeli Arabs, duel loyalties 17:31  |  American GI 05/08/08
      44.   Oh THAT was farfetched... 17:36  |  Sam Stone 05/08/08
      45.   He wanted to add armor to Humvees in 95 and superiors said no? 17:40  |  David 05/08/08
      46.   Natalie 17:51  |  Marc 05/08/08
      47.   Yes Really! Chris Linthwaite # 58 18:13  |  Eli 05/08/08
      48.   Chris Linthwaite #58 I wish to visit but never was there 18:20  |  Robert/Montreal 05/08/08
      49.   "unusual and unwelcome scrutiny" 18:33  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/08/08
      50.   Natalie et al- the proof is in the pudding 18:33  |  Avrum 05/08/08
      51.   #18 Only 5% of Gazan are Hamasniks? 18:35  |  DesMnsDave 05/08/08
      52.   21 Simcha - Suing Rarely Works 18:42  |  Mark of Lewiston 05/08/08
      53.   #7, "goy" regarding former experience 18:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/08/08
      54.   #72 Eli 18:45  |  Chris Linthwaite 05/08/08
      55.   # 69, DAVID 18:47  |  indrajaya 05/08/08
      56.   #18, Durson, please explain 18:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/08/08
      57.   Natallie Durson#2 18:48  |  your past 05/08/08
      58.   Chris Linthwaite (#33) speaking 18:49  |  Gil 05/08/08
      59.   simcha 74 18:49  |  potobac 05/08/08
      60.   Chris Linthwaite (#33) speaking 18:50  |  Gil 05/08/08
      61.   #74 Potobac Jews Built an Oasis inIsrael 19:09  |  Big Sur 05/08/08
      62.   77 DesMnsDave - Way Off Subject, But 19:18  |  Mark of Lewiston 05/08/08
      63.   Chris Linthwaite 19:23  |  Elihu 05/08/08
      64.   63 19:32  |  GI Joe 05/08/08
      65.   This story is a lot more sickening than Pentagon lies and bigotry 19:32  |  Dr. L. Brnd 05/08/08
      66.   To C Linthwaite (#35) 19:57  |  Morris Valentine 05/08/08
      67.   Why this couldn`t happen to a Palestinian in Israel 20:19  |  Gray 05/08/08
      68.   The albatross around the necks of Jews... 20:32  |  Connie 05/08/08
      69.   103 is your state in palestine or what? 20:33  |  standing bull 05/08/08
      70.   Not the first & not the last; Re: Schmuelshachor 21:09  |  Czarkazem13 05/08/08
      71.   America Prefers Islamic Spies To Jewish Engineers 21:10  |  UsedToPostHere 05/08/08
      72.   big sur 91 21:21  |  potobac 05/08/08
      73.   Dr. L Brnrd: Can you SOURCE this? 21:23  |  Awake 05/08/08
      74.   Gray#101, many peoples owe our great country, but its relative... 21:28  |  Dr. L. Brnd 05/08/08
      75.   Response to 18 21:46  |  D. 05/08/08
      76.   #56 Eli..No Wonder I Could Not Find C.L`s Post! 21:59  |  KATHY 05/08/08
      77.   To Gray (#103) 22:00  |  Morris Valentine 05/08/08
      78.   To Elihu (#94) 22:07  |  Morris Valentine 05/08/08
      79.   # 98 JP Gray Is A No Body.Surely You Are Aware. 22:17  |  KATHY 05/08/08
      80.   Racial Profiling...or Anti Semitism? 22:17  |  Ibrahim 05/08/08
      81.   JP`s More Selective Outrage From The Selectively Outraged 22:18  |  Gray 05/08/08
      82.   Its a good thing that he is not black with a fancy car 22:28  |  Murray the Mongoose 05/08/08
      83.   Billy Jack, a sour-grapes Indian living in the past. 22:29  |  The Equalizer 05/08/08
      84.   #80 Elihu..Oh dear You Are Wasting Your Time.Chris`Knows FOR! 22:32  |  KATHY 05/08/08
      85.   Why would this admitted spy get his job back? 22:36  |  BBSNews 05/08/08
      86.   Dr. l Brnd: Not Quite... 22:37  |  Gray 05/08/08
      87.   nu. 103 22:37  |  Israel 05/08/08
      88.   best to check first and then apologize 22:48  |  Pollard condemner 05/08/08
      89.   Simcha is talking out of behind... 22:49  |  Ibrahim 05/08/08
      90.   These are strange times in the US 22:54  |  Exceptions Apply 05/08/08
      91.   Gray (#101) Grateful but 23:20  |  Gil 05/08/08
      92.   GREY Because it is fence not a wall and plenty of Arabs serve 23:22  |  PETER SM 05/08/08
      93.   Ode To Zionist Propagandist 23:23  |  Gray 05/08/08
      94.   The DREYFUS affair had no "Israel excuse".did it 23:23  |  PETER SM 05/08/08
      95.   AMERICAN GI another "patriot".Please quote factual examples. 23:27  |  PETER SM 05/08/08
      96.   chris linthwaite 23:33  |  Joe 05/08/08
      97.   If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck 00:00  |  Judith 06/08/08
      98.   Big Sur: So did the South African Afrikaners 00:04  |  But for who? 06/08/08
      99.   Awake #73 - just Google on "Humvee Israel armor Pentagon scandal" 00:09  |  Dr. L. Brnd 06/08/08
      100.   Glad to See Mods Deleting Gray`s Racist Ramblings 00:11  |  JP 06/08/08
      101.   74 I am proud to have you on our team 00:19  |  Maccabi 06/08/08
      102.   Loyalty,to czarkazem13 on #70 00:26  |  Shmuelshachor 06/08/08
      103.   #88 - Glad to see that we have an expert on ducks on hand. 00:27  |  JP 06/08/08
      104.   #17 H About C.L ** I am Surprised To Read What you Referred in 00:28  |  KATHY 06/08/08
      105.   Why would BSNews Call Himself A Journo, Then Lie? Can`t He Read? 00:43  |  JP 06/08/08
      106.   # 2 Dsn. 00:45  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 06/08/08
      107.   #99, Kathy 00:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/08/08
      108.   JP, Tenenbaum admitted giving out information for a decade... 01:40  |  BBSNews 06/08/08
      109.   #74 L. Brnd. No, not "defending Israel," mate! 01:49  |  Maureen Ann 06/08/08
      110.   Damn! 02:32  |  Paul 06/08/08
      111.   BBS WE are talking about SPYING!! He shared authorised info 02:33  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      112.   Can BSNews Read The Article? "cleared of leaking...secrets" 02:52  |  JP 06/08/08
      113.   Why would BSNews Post BS News on this Talkback? 03:09  |  JP 06/08/08
      114.   General Nat Durson SPeaks 03:59  |  Sabra 06/08/08
      115.   GRAY cries censor-LOSER!! But vigorously avoids answering 04:36  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      116.   Hey JP? Do you EVER do any research before you spout nonsense? 04:46  |  BBSNews 06/08/08
      117.   peter sm 110 04:59  |  potobac 06/08/08
      118.   LINTHWAITE 1.You lied,when caught you change the" rules" 05:02  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      119.   #PeterSM. "Losers and sneaks." 05:38  |  Maureen Ann 06/08/08
      120.   #104 Maureen Ann 05:39  |  HEB 06/08/08
      121.   American Patriot Provides The Proof 05:44  |  Amrican Patriot 06/08/08
      122.   #104 05:48  |  Rab Burns 06/08/08
      123.   Peter SM - Here is the proof that it was unauthorized 05:52  |  American Patriot 06/08/08
      124.   POTOBAC feel free at any time to point it out.!! 06:02  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      125.   Settle Down Peter; Please answer my last question 06:12  |  Gray 06/08/08
      126.   BBS The media using the FBI leaks & legal action by Tennenbaum. 06:13  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      127.   AMERICAN PATRIOT.That was an FBI leak NOT a legal judgment. 06:22  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      128.   MAUREEN @119.When have I ever used antisemitism as an argument?? 06:27  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      129.   #Rab Burns. Are you referring to who Russia has supported? 06:35  |  Maureen Ann 06/08/08
      130.   #108 - Right BBS 07:10  |  JES 06/08/08
      131.   IT`S HARD TO BE A JEW;YOUR ALWAYS UNDER SUSPISION AND ANYWHERE AN 07:13  |  glenna 06/08/08
      132.   #116 - Oh, and by the way BBS 07:15  |  JES 06/08/08
      133.   GRAY Arabs immigrated to Palestine picking one point 07:41  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      134.   peter sm 127 07:59  |  potobac 06/08/08
      135.   #116, BS 08:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/08/08
      136.   #128 PeterSM. Today alone... 08:27  |  Maureen Ann 06/08/08
      137.   It this wasn`t pathetic, it would be funny! 08:32  |  Zev Davis 06/08/08
      138.   JES, he admitted it... 08:57  |  BBSNews 06/08/08
      139.   For Gray, on censorship # 93 09:25  |  Clickfool 06/08/08
      140.   #123 American Patriot 09:47  |  Information 06/08/08
      141.   Cipora, do me a favor, call the FBI... 10:02  |  BBSNews 06/08/08
      142.   #123 American Patriot Part 2 10:06  |  Information 06/08/08
      143.   #138 Clickfool 11:32  |  Not Quite 06/08/08
      144.   Potobac.HAARETZ! today!The very issue you are commenting on! 12:14  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      145.   MAUREEN No answer as usual.You accuse me of using "antisemitism" 12:18  |  PETER SM 06/08/08
      146.   Gray (#125) Please answer 12:42  |  Gil 06/08/08
      147.   not quite 143 13:46  |  potobac 06/08/08
      148.   141: BBS shows Esterhazy has a fan 14:03  |  David Teich 06/08/08
      149.   136: Wow, Maureen, Shrub must be guilty too 14:10  |  David Teich 06/08/08
      150.   #45 15:20  |  True Jew 06/08/08
      151.   American Jews 18:43  |  truejew 06/08/08
      152.   #138 BBS News 18:45  |  Information 06/08/08
      153.   Potobac 18:53  |  utagawa 06/08/08
      154.   #138 - BBS, Did he admit it? 19:22  |  JES 06/08/08
      155.   After one thousand years in Germany 20:17  |  R`fael Moshe 06/08/08
      156.   re equalizer 20:31  |  billy jack 06/08/08
      157.   #138 - BBS, did he admit it? (2nd Try) 20:52  |  JES 06/08/08
      158.   JES on comprehension... 21:49  |  BBSNews 06/08/08
      159.   Hey BSNEws, do you EVER read the ARTICLE before posting your BS? 22:20  |  JP 06/08/08
      160.   BSNews just can`t admit he is wrong! 22:24  |  JP 06/08/08
      161.   Laughing at what JP? The FBI lead agent on the case? 22:47  |  BBSNews 06/08/08
      162.   BSNews Thinks He`s an Editor and TBers Are His Research Dept.! 22:47  |  JP 06/08/08
      163.   #157 - Oh, my comprehension is just fine, BBS 22:59  |  JES 06/08/08
      164.   BSNews on comprehension...the verdict is in. 23:14  |  JP 06/08/08
      165.   # 154 moshe 23:15  |  Axel 06/08/08
      166.   Hey whities just refrain from racial violence 23:37  |  Deep Thought 06/08/08
      167.   Axel (likely not in Germany) 23:50  |  JP 06/08/08
      168.   147 23:53  |  Pantagonia 06/08/08
      169.   re true jew 23:56  |  billy jack 06/08/08
      170.   Laughing at you BSNews. 23:56  |  JP 06/08/08
      171.   161 00:02  |  T.P. 07/08/08
      172.   no. 2 00:04  |  U- Bet 07/08/08
      173.   peter sm 144 00:52  |  potobac 07/08/08
      174.   re Jp 01:03  |  billy jack 07/08/08
      175.   utagawa 153 01:04  |  potobac 07/08/08
      176.   T.P. - Feel free to come to North Carolina to the farm... 01:55  |  BBSNews 07/08/08
      177.   Simcha # 14 re: Arab American the differance is 04:38  |  American in NY 07/08/08
      178.   entagon: We thought engineer was Israeli spy because he`s a Jew 11:28  |  Billy Bob 07/08/08
      179.   BBS News, you got it wrong! 00:53  |  Zev Davis 08/08/08
      180.   BBS, allies share information, beaause . . . 01:03  |  Zev Davis 08/08/08
      181.   175: potobac fled from one set of lies to post more 14:00  |  David Teich 08/08/08
      182.   176: BBS, what`d the FBI say? 14:04  |  David Teich 08/08/08
      183.   #177 - ANY (2nd Try) 22:13  |  JES 08/08/08
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