IS THE STATE DEPT. PERSECUTING JEWISH EMPLOYEES WHO VISIT ISRAEL?

Israel Trip Came Back to Haunt State Department Official - Josh Gerstein
Daniel Hirsch, a veteran State Department employee who has served in 10 overseas posts, contends that a month-long trip he took to Israel more than two decades ago has contributed to the suspension of his security clearance, stalling and perhaps ending his career in the foreign service. Hirsch, 47, said Monday that investigators have seized on a trip he took in 1983, at age 23, with a group called Volunteers for Israel. He said he was already working for the CIA at the time and cleared it with the agency before going. (New York Sun)