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You should see the actual paper today. It is not only on the front page, it is the top story all the way across the front page.
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Israel's National Security Aide Bal1·ed From U.S.
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The Washington Times
By Eli Lake
March 17, 2009
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- Uzi Arad, who is expected to serve as national security adyiser in the next Israeli
government, has been barred from entering the United States for nearly two years bn the grounds that he is an
intelligence risk.
Mr. Arad, a former member and director ofintelligence for the Mossad, Israel's spy service; is mentioned in the
indictment ofLawrence Franklin, a fOlmer pentagon analyst who pleaded guilty in 2005 to providing classified
information about ~ran in a conversation with two employees ofthe American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AlPAC). Beyond Mr. Arad's status, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to face difficulties
abroad because ofhis choice, announced Monday, ofAvigdor Lieberman to serve as foreign minister in a
narrow new rightist government. :
Mr. Lieberman, head ofthe Israel Is·Our Home party, has advocated requiring Israel's 1.46 million Arabs to take
a loyalty test or risk expulsion. The choice ofMr. Arad for national' security adviser has been reported in the
Israeli press and was confirmed by sources close to Mr., Netanyahu, who has been tasked with forming the next
government. Mr. Arad acknowledged to The Washington Time$ thathe has not been able to obtain a visa to
come to the United States but said the Israeli government is trying to change that. ."The director-g~neral.of.the _,
Israel Foreign Ministry did tell his American counterparts that there has been no cause to deny !1\et~~risa'~'>Mr'l ~ l I
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Israeli and U.S. officials said Mr. Arad has been denied a U.S. visa since June 2007 under sectio~:~~2 ~(~) of. .
the Immigration and Nationality Act. This gives consular officers and the Justice Department' ati.i4~rity··to bar,- (' ~
people who may seek "to violate any law ofthe United States relating to espionage or sabotage~' ft