Sunday, June 29, 2008

Prison Imam sues over loss of security clearance

Moniem A. El-Ganayni
Moniem A. El-Ganayni, front, with Witold Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of PA
By Sally Kalson

Charging violation of his constitutional rights to free speech and religion, equal protection and due process, nuclear scientist and prison imam Moniem El-Ganayni filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against the Department of Energy and its acting deputy secretary, Jeffrey F. Kupfer.

The action stems from the loss of Dr. El-Ganayni's security clearance, and hence his job, at Bettis Laboratory in West Mifflin, based on unspecified grounds of "national security." It does not seek to overturn the revocation, but rather the right to see the alleged evidence against him -- he doubts any exists -- and the chance to contest the decision "before a nonpolitical, neutral arbiter, as mandated by DOE regulations." Read more ...

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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