(Third in a series.)
One of the records discovered in the United States Consulate blunder offers proof that the private life of an Israeli girl on a date with a U.S. marine will end up in official American army records.
A "contact form" marked with the notation "secret information" and filled out by a marine security guard corporal, whose name is being withheld from publication, described his account of his date with an Israeli who turned out to be an IDF solider.
"Shirit, army soldier," says the dossier. "She has lived here all her life; so have her parents. Her grandparents moved here from Spain many years ago. Technically, she is half-Spanish. She said her father's side is simply 'Israeli.'"
The marine explained that he had not filed the report earlier because "I still was not certain of her last name." They met at "01:00 at [the] Hyatt Hotel. While we were both dancing, I struck up a trivial conversation with her. I asked her her name, what she did for a living, whether she lived in Jerusalem."
Paula, the woman who unknowingly bought the documents at an auction sale of old file cabinets sold by the U.S. Jerusalem consulate, warned Israeli girls to think twice "before going out with a cute marine."
Tomorrow: Document Blunder Expose: 20 Years of US Mindset on PA.