CIA Director George Tenet repeated his criticism of agency officials who wrote memos attacking a Jewish attorney now on forced leave from the agency. In a private meeting Sunday night with Anti-Defamation League activists, Tenet, citing a threatened lawsuit by attorney Adam Ciralsky, refused to discuss possible disciplinary action against the memo’s authors. Ciralsky has said anti-Semitism played a role in the agency’s decision to put him on leave.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
