(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/27/08)

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.” He contends that he never had a clearance problem at work until he began speaking out against the Iraq war and the FBI’s efforts to recruit informants at local mosques. [1] More