David Tenenbaum an orthodox Jew from Detroit, Michigan, said Thursday that he and his wife Madeline are suing the United States Justice and Defense departments for $200 million for false security complaints against him. The suit charges that investigators "falsely accused Tenenbaum of being an Israeli spy on the sole basis that Tenenbaum is Jewish."
The Tenenbaums previously lost a religious discrimination lawsuit filed after he was suspended from his Pentagon job in 1997 for 14 months before being cleared of all charges. He has since returned to his job at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, but his lawyer argued that the probe damaged his career and that he is shunned by colleagues.