Tenenbaum's Turmoil

1995: Creates Light Armor Systems

and Survivability (LASS) program at
TACOM to work on upgrading armor
on the Army's light armor vehicles,
starting with the Humvee. U.S. was to
work with governments of Israel and
Germany as originally conceived.

Fall 1996: Ordered by supervisor to
request security clearance upgrade
from "secret" to "top secret" even
though only working on unclassified
programs. Told that members of his
team needed highest security clear-
ances in case top-secret assignments
came along.

Examples of innocuous family property seized by the FBI in the 1997 search of
the Tenenbaum home

"I wanted to prove my innocence,"
Tenenbaum said, as the reason he perse-
vered.
"It's not just a Tenenbaum issue, not
just a Jewish issue, it's a civil right's
issue the Southfield resident said. "I
haven't been publicly exonerated. You're
not just fighting for your-
self'

In David's case, they targeted a Jew for
being a Jew"

ADL Perspective
"This case shows the tragic consequences
of prejudice and anti-Semitism towards
an Orthodox Jew;' said Betsy Kellman,
regional director of the Anti-
Defamation League-Michigan.
"The government specifically
Staying The Course
hired Mr. Tenenbaum because
Support from his wife,
of his background and fluency
Madeline, family, friends
in Hebrew and disrupted his
and the Metro Detroit
life and career because of it!"
Jewish community kept him
Kellman sees this as "a good
going, Tenenbaum said. And
opportunity for TACOM to offer
"having lawyers who are
or require diversity training to
Mayer Morganroth
more than lawyers, who are
learn the tenets of Orthodox
friends" was critical.
Judaism [and other religions
"It takes its toll on a physical level;'
and ethnicities] so they wouldn't find
he acknowledged. "I've been sick a lot,
Tenenbaum's behavior 'unusual.' He was
including three bouts of meningitis.
a victim of blatant institutional discrimi-
Mental stress does a lot to your health."
nation;' she said.
He took physical refuge in running
As part of the Inspector General's
several times a week and spiritual refuge report, Kathleen M. Watson, director of
in studying Torah. Having previously
Defense Security Service, part of the
earned bachelor's and master's engineer- DOD, said,"... I do not tolerate illegal
ing degrees from Wayne State University
discrimination or harassment in DSS
in Detroit, he went back to school and
operations, and I have published clear
is working toward a Ph.D. in business
policies on this no-tolerance policy since
administration.
I arrived at DSS in May 2006."
Tenenbaum's father was
The Army plans to comment
the sole member of his
on the Inspector General's
immediate family to survive
report within a month, accord-
the Holocaust. If his father
ing to John P. Boyce Jr. of Army
were still alive, Tenenbaum
Public Affairs.
said, "he couldn't have
"We will certainly review
imagined that his son
the issues raised in the DOD
would go through the same
Inspector General's review for
thing that he went through
any
procedures and policies
Daniel Haro Id
— persecution for being a
that may need to be addressed
Jew"
or other steps that we should
Attorney Daniel Harold said. "It's been
take to address the situation:' Boyce said.
long and arduous — it speaks volumes
"The U.S. Army is an equal-opportu-
to his strength!'
nity military service and employer that
For Harold, who has been point man
addresses matters like this carefully and
since the Morganroth firm took over
fairly," he said. "As a federal agency, we
eight years ago, the case has been both
have long-established employment pro-
professional and personal.
cedures and personnel practices that,
"If there was a purpose in going to law when appropriate, assist with employ-
school, it's this case the West Bloomfield ees' concerns and assure equitable
resident said. "After recently losing my
treatment without regard to race, sex or
grandfather who was a Holocaust survi-
religion!' ❑
vor, I am doing my part to never forget.

Feb.13, 1997: Takes polygraph test,
ostensibly as part of clearance pro-
cess, but designed to get him to
confess to passing information on to
Israel. Examiner reportedly tells FBI
that he confessed to inadvertently
passing on secrets, which he denies.
Polygraph interview wasn't recorded,
observed or finalized with a sworn
statement.

Feb.14,1997: Accused of spying for
Israel, removed from TACOM and
placed on paid administrative leave.

Feb.15,1997: Home raided by the FBI
during Shabbat. When FBI fails to keep
secret search warrant affidavit, proto-
col in criminal cases, news media run
story and stake out his home. Twenty-
four-hour surveillance of him and his
family continues for months.

Feb. 3, 1998: Department of Justice
and FBI find no evidence of criminal
violations. "There is no question that
if evidence existed that would prove
this case, then these agents would
have found it," U.S. Attorney Saul A.
Green of Detroit and Assistant U.S.
Attorney Michael C. Liebson advise
FBI headquarters, Washington, D.C.

April,1998: Ordered back to TACOM
but given little work to do. Army
revokes secret security clearance,
despite no evidence. LASS project
discontinued.

Sept. 30, 2002: Federal civil
rights case against his Army and
Department of Defense (DOD) accus-
ers for religious discrimination and
other violations dismissed when Army
claims state secret documents will
be compromised despite no evidence
against him. Former Attorney General
John Ashcroft and former Deputy
Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
sign affidavits supporting "state
secrets" defense.

Spring 2003: Tennbaum's security

clearance restored and upgraded to
top secret.

February March 2006: Meeting with
Sen. Carl Levin after U.S. Supreme
Court declines to hear appeal. Levin
submits case to Acting Inspector
General, Department of Defense.

-

July 13, 2008: Inspector General's
report concludes, among other things,
that he "was subjected to unusual
and unwelcome scrutiny because of
his faith and ethnic background, a
practice that would undoubtedly fit a
definition of discrimination ..."

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