A lawyer who worked for the CIA until he was suspended for failing to disclose his support for Israel is charging that the agency is attempting to force him from his job because of an anti-Semitic bias. CIA officials last Friday denied the charges by Adam Ciralsky, who has been on unpaid leave since October 1997 after he failed a lie-detector test about his support for Israel and past contacts with Israelis.
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