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strictions on financial
transactions with Syria
and Sudan were the worst
kind of news for Jewish groups
that lobbied for last year's anti-
terrorism bill.
The law, passed in April, man-
dates restrictions on dealings
with countries on the official
State Department list of nations
sponsoring terrorism. But now,
it seems, the administration has
two lists: the real list and the "we
didn't really mean it" list.
In August, officials here qui-
etly waived restrictions on Syria
and Sudan. Last week, State De-
partment spokesman Nicholas
Burns explained that the law set
out different standards for coun-
tries such as Libya, Iran, Iraq,
Cuba and North Korea, which al-
ready were subject to specific
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But by using that technical
loophole, Jewish leaders argue,
the administration is sending a
dangerously mixed message
about the fight against terrorism.
"Without question, their ra-
tionale is difficult to justify in
light of the objectives of the
legislation," said Jess Hordes,
Washington director for the Anti-
Defamation League. "The way
they're reading this law would
seem contrary to its purpose."
Jewish leaders didn't make a
fuss about the Syrian exemption
when it was revealed last year
because of their belief that the de-
cision was based on the ongoing
effort to coax President Hafez al-
Assad back to the peace table, al-
though the news did provoke a
letter from Rep. Ben Gilman (R-
N.Y.), chair of the International
Relations Committee.
Syria has done a lot to get it-
self off the State Department list,
except for the one thing that re-

Malcolm Hoenlein

ally counts: ending its patronage
of groups like Hezbollah.
But the Sudan exemption has
reignited the controversy. By ex-
empting one of the world's lead-
ing sponsors of terror, the
administration is "seriously un-
dercutting this important law,"
said Malcolm Hoenlein, execu-
tive vice chair of the Conference
of Presidents of Major American
Jewish Organizations, a group
that pressed hard for the anti-ter-
rorism legislation. "It clearly re-
duces our ability to put pressure
on these countries."
There were reports that the
company that benefits most from
the waived Sudan sanctions is
Occidental Petroleum — which
gave big money to both political
parties in the last election cycle.
As a result, the story has taken
on an added charge as campaign
finance scandals continue to swirl
around Washington. ❑

Reorganization At
Holocaust Museum

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum is in the middle of a bu-
reaucratic shake-up that officials
say will make it more efficient
and expand its role as a center
for Holocaust research.
The change will replace
the Holocaust Research Insti-
tute with a Center for Advanced
Holocaust Studies, which
will oversee the museum's schol-
arly functions. The museum's
archives, libraries and other col-
lections will be transferred to the
public programming side of the
institution.
Until recently, the research
institute was under the direc-
tion of Michael Berenbaum. His
departure — Mr. Berenbaum
went to head up Steven Spiel-
berg's Shoah Visual History