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  USATODAY.com - Man at center of McGreevey resignation says he is straight
Cipel said he informed the governor at one point that he planned to sue him for sexual harassment, and that lawyers were negotiating a settlement when McGreevey resigned last week.
Cipel was quoted as saying he identified with the "feelings of victimization" women feel when they are sexually harassed.
Cipel said his lawyers contacted McGreevey's attorneys and informed them that he planned to sue the governor.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-08-15-mcgreevey-advances_x.htm   (753 words)

  
 Print this Article: McGreevey ex-aide Golan Cipel drops harassment suit | Advocate.com
Golan Cipel (pictured), a former aide to New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey who claims he was sexually harassed by the governor, says he won't sue, apparently eliminating the prospect of an embarrassing court fight.
The aide, Golan Cipel, said Monday that McGreevey's resignation announcement was sufficient admission of his wrongdoing and he wished to spare New Jersey taxpayers the financial burden of any damages.
But Cipel, McGreevey's former homeland security adviser, denied he is gay and insisted that he had been sexually harassed and pressured by the governor from the time he first went to work for him.
www.advocate.com /print_article_ektid6445.asp   (611 words)

  
 Spurned Lover
Cipel, 33, an Israeli citizen, was originally hired as McGreevey's lead security adviser in February.
Cipel was first hired by the Democratic State Committee, which also paid his $1,100 registration fee with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Cipel was hired by State Street Partners, a lobbying firm in Trenton.
home.earthlink.net /~chicagoblt/Cipel.html   (945 words)

  
 Gay News From 365Gay.com
Golan Cipel tells WCBS news in an exclusive interview that he was the victim of sexual harassment by McGreevey but he never succumbed to the governor's advances.
Cipel told Rosenfield that he and McGreevey were alone at the apartment because the governor's expectant wife, Dina, was in the hospital.
Cipel had returned to his native Israel by that point and has always denied the governor's claims, but the interview with WCBS was the first time he made the denials on television.
www.365gay.com /Newscon06/11/112106cipel.htm   (635 words)

  
 Golan Cipel returns to Israeli hometown, issues statement > juiceenewsdaily.com© > jasper news. world news. juicee ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Golan Cipel returns to Israeli hometown, issues statement > juiceenewsdaily.com© > jasper news.
McGreevey resigned last week after announcing that he is gay and that he has had an affair with a man. Sources close to McGreevey have identified the man as Golan Cipel, an Israeli, and said he demanded millions of dollars to stay quiet.
Cipel, 35, has told an Israeli newspaper that he is straight, but that the governor, a former boss, repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances -- a claim denied by McGreevey's aides.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0804/news/cipel2.html   (135 words)

  
 Golan Cipel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Golan Cipel (Hebrew: גולן ציפל, pronounced "Tzi-pel") (born circa 1968
Cipel later moved to New Jersey in order to provide outreach to the Jewish community on behalf of McGreevey's gubernatorial campaign.
In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz (August 19, 2004), Cipel stated that his situation was intentionally misrepresented by the governor's office and affirmed that he had never actually been responsible for internal security under the governor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Golan_Cipel   (201 words)

  
 Golan Cipel -- Gay. News. Towleroad for modern gay men.
Following his recent interview with WCBS in New York, Golan Cipel appeared on Larry King Live last night and repeated his recent claims that he is not gay, but also said that he doesn't believe James McGreevey is exclusively gay either.
Golan Cipel, the former aide to former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey gave his first television interview today to Jim Rosenfield of WCBS in New York.
Golan Cipel is painting a far darker picture of the relationship he had with former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey after excerpts from McGreevey's new book The Confession were released to media last week.
www.towleroad.com /golan_cipel/index.html   (1386 words)

  
 cbs3.com - Key Figure In McGreevey Scandal Speaks Out
Cipel says McGreevey's wife and another aide were in the kitchen but we spoke by phone to the former aide who says he recalls no such meeting.
Cipel: And I thought to myself, 'this is absurd.' I'm driving in a state van to Washington, D.C., to the capitol nation, the three state troopers in the front, and the Governor of New Jersey grabbing my foot, humping it like a dog.
Cipel: After that incident, I went to the governor and I said to him, 'I'm leaving.' He started to yell, 'you are not leaving anywhere.
cbs3.com /local/Golan.Cipel.Jim.2.305881.html   (973 words)

  
 McGreevey's Accuser Speaks With Federal Investigators (Cipel says gay gov forced oral sex on him)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cipel to be interviewed without any promise of immunity because there was no evidence to support the governor's accusation that the sexual harassment claim was part of a plot to extort millions of dollars from him.
Cipel was a major screw-up, and participated with McG and his corrupt admin in a scheme to deceive the INS and NJ voters about his spurious credentials to run the state's security.
Golan Cipel portrayed himself as a naive rustic who, having been hired for a top job by McGreevey, did not understand McGreevey was gay and would be coming after him for sex.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1261466/posts   (3402 words)

  
 Cipel and McGreevey Miles Apart on the Nature of Their 'Affair' | The Jewish Exponent
Golan Cipel has come out swinging after McGreevey gave his side of their alleged sexual relationship in his new memoir, The Confession.
Cipel had trouble finding work at first, but in the two years since, he noted that he has been able to put his life back together.
Cipel resigned his position with the McGreevey government in August 2002, but continued to serve as an unofficial liaison to the Jewish community.
www.jewishexponent.com /article/10875   (676 words)

  
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Cipel vehemently denied the charges, claiming he’d been sexually harassed by the governor and had never had sex with him.
Cipel and McGreevey met for the first time in Rishon Lezion when a group of politicians from New Jersey was on a visit to Israel.
For Cipel, who’d previously served as spokesman for the Israeli Consulate in New York and parliamentary advisor to MK Avi Yehezkel, this was a golden opportunity.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3308733,00.html   (1653 words)

  
 Explosive Charges In NJ Gay Gov - Israeli Fiasco
The governor had appointed Cipel to head up homeland security for the state of New Jersey, despite the fact that Cipel had no apparent qualifications for the job---and, because he was not an American citizen, the feds would not discuss anti-terrorism issues with him.
Aides to the governor said the affair was with a former aide, Golan Cipel, who was originally hired by the governor as an adviser to the state Office of Homeland Security and in 2002 was named counselor to the governor, at a salary that rose to $110,000.
Cipel, a published poet and an Israeli native, resigned after it was discovered that he had exaggerated his credentials.
www.rense.com /general56/explosivechargesinNJ.htm   (969 words)

  
 Archives: Story
Golan Cipel is denying he had a sexual relationship with New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.
Golan Cipel is the petty officer who said he fought terrorists while in the Israeli army, the Israeli Consulate information officer who called himself a counterterrorism specialist, the homeland security honcho who couldn't get security clearance.
Cipel functioned as a special operations officer and was appointed as media adviser, disseminating data on military operations and anti-terrorism measures to the media while insuring that sensitive information was not disclosed," the letter said.
www.clevelandjewishnews.com /articles/2004/08/19/news/world/vscandal0820.txt   (1010 words)

  
 Israeli Aide to NJ Governor McGreevey Gains New Work Visa From INS
Cipel, 33, a former campaign aide who is paid $110,000 a year, was removed as McGreevey’s homeland security adviser two weeks ago after Republican senators threatened to block all appointments unless he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to outline his qualifications.
One of their major issues was that Cipel, as a foreign national, would not qualify for a security clearance to receive intelligence information from federal agencies monitoring terrorist activities.
Cipel’s mother, Leah, said she was not surprised that her son accepted an offer to work on McGreevey’s campaign.
www.wrmea.com /archives/may2002/0205048.html   (988 words)

  
 Golan Cipel Victim Of Harassment
Golan Cipel was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1968.
Golan Cipel was entrusted with the responsibility of presenting the Israeli government perspective to the American media and public.
Golan Cipel Victim Of Harassment was written on February 03, 2008 posted in News & Current Event and tag News & Current Event.
www.encyclocentral.com /15586-Golan_Cipel_Victim_Of__Harassment.html   (643 words)

  
 juiceenewsdaily.com© > jasper news. world news. juicee news.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cipel reports that McGreevey made "repeated sexual advances" toward him.
Cipel was later paid $110,000 even though he held no position and was not on the payroll for the state.
Golan Cipel was later offered money after he told McGreevey when the issue of a possible lawsuit was brought up.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0804/news/golanupdate.html   (79 words)

  
 ► golan cipel who is
Golan Cipel was a tour guide in Israel who caught the governor's eye.
Golan Cipel was a tour guide in Israel who caught the...
Golan Cipel, the former political appointee at the center of the sex scandal involving New Jersey Gov...
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 Cipel Lawyer: McGreevey Made Repeated Sexual Advances - Politics - wnbc.com | WNBC
But Cipel was transferred to a different position later that year after a storm of opposition from lawmakers who questioned his qualifications and later left state government.
Six months later, Cipel was working on McGreevey's campaign, having obtained a visa in which he listed McGreevey donor Charles Kushner as a sponsor on his visa application and then taking up residence in an apartment less than a mile from McGreevey in Woodbridge.
Cipel left state government in August 2002 and was recommended by McGreevey for -- and hired to -- a public relations job before fading from public view.
www.wnbc.com /politics/3648220/detail.html   (1148 words)

  
 Cipel finally talks about McGreevey relationship with FBI in Israel
Cipel went alone to the interview and discussed his relationship to the governor and the events leading to McGreevey's Aug. 12 resignation announcement, Batista said, without elaborating.
Cipel, who celebrated his 36th birthday Wednesday, is a former public relations specialist who went from a little-known media aide to the central figure in both McGreevey's first and last scandals as governor.
Cipel first caused controversy during the campaign when he coordinated a private meeting for McGreevey with a group of Jewish leaders during which the then-candidate made statements that angered Muslim leaders.
www.nj.com /news/ledger/index.ssf?/news/mcgreevey/stories/1029_cipeltalks.html   (674 words)

  
 Ex-lover alleges harassment by governor of New Jersey / He denies seeking payoff for silence
Allen Lowy, attorney for Golan Cipel, a former homeland security adviser to the governor, identified Cipel as the man with whom the governor had an extramarital affair, but he said the relationship was far from consensual.
The future governor was then the mayor of Woodbridge, N.J., and Cipel, a native of Israel, was a spokesman for the mayor of a city near Tel Aviv.
Several months later, Cipel came to the United States to work on McGreevey's gubernatorial campaign and was paid by the Democratic State Committee.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/14/MNG0H881MV1.DTL   (725 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Cipel Says Ex-Gov. McGreevey Is Not Gay
Appearing on "Larry King Live," Golan Cipel, an Israeli citizen hired by McGreevey first as a campaign aide and later as his homeland security adviser, said that McGreevey's 2004 resignation speech admission that he is "a gay American" was "part of the spin."
Cipel, 37, in his first extended national television interview since the publication in September of McGreevey's memoir, "The Confession," also urged the gay community "not to embrace McGreevey," saying the former governor committed sexual harassment against him and others.
Cipel, who has repeatedly denied being gay, again insisted that McGreevey's often graphic portrayal of their relationship in the book is untrue.
www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2006Dec01/0,4675,GayGovernorCipel,00.html   (360 words)

  
 McGreevey's ex-aide denies 'gay' affair
In a television interview, former aide Golan Cipel says disgraced New Jersey ex-Gov. James McGreevey's claim to have had a consensual homosexual affair with him is a lie.
But Cipel was prepared to file a lawsuit against the governor, claming sexual harrassment.
Cipel's appointment was controversial because he was not an American citizen, did not have a security clearance or law-enforcement background, and some Jewish agencies refused to speak to him.
worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53058   (859 words)

  
 Sex, Lies, and Terrorism- by Justin Raimondo
Cipel denied being gay, and denied having consensual sex with McGreevey: he issued a brief statement through his lawyers that used the word "victim" at least three times.
Cipel, far from being a boytoy, is a rather plain young man who looks more like an insurance salesman than a gigolo – and sounds more like a propagandist for Ariel Sharon than one of the boys on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Cipel was brought to the U.S. under the auspices of Charles Kushner, McGreevey's chief fundraiser, whose gigantic real estate holdings made him the rising star among Democratic party moneybags.
antiwar.com /justin/?articleid=3310   (2633 words)

  
 An Unsealed Room: And the Mud Continues to Fly....
In an attempt to silence him, Gov. McGreevey threatened to make Golan Cipel unemployable and therefore subject to deportation, according to the lawyer drafting a possible sexual-harassment suit against the governor.
Cipel's original job was to serve as McGreevey's liaison to the Jewish community and to the state's homeland security office, which was headed by an assistant attorney general.
After Cipel spurned this particularly strong advance from McGreevey, Yosevitz said, the administration forced him to resign from his post as a liaison with Jewish groups.
allisonkaplansommer.blogmosis.com /history/025926.html   (785 words)

  
 Golan Cipel says McGreevey lied in his book — Warren Throckmorton
Cipel says “I believe that Jim McGreevy is bisexual” based largely on Greevy’s comments and actions while still trying to present a heterosexual image.
The point that supports McGreevey over Cipel is that Cipel is going around arguing about his sexuality rather than about the fact that he has been accused of the crime of extortion.
Cipel seems insistent that the ex-gov be bisexual rather than gay, a distinction that he’s not qualified to make, and one that seems motivated by a reflection on himself rather than McGreevey.
wthrockmorton.com /2006/12/05/golan-cipel-says-mcgreevey-lied-in-his-book   (1458 words)

  
 NJ Jewish News | Cipel denies McGreevey’s account of relationship, accuses NJ Jews of abandoning him in ‘time ...
Cipel then called McGreevey “a very sick man.” But he again decided to ignore the problem and hoped it would go away, fearing that he would not be able to get another visa to remain in the country and that McGreevey would try to harm him to protect his own career.
Cipel resigned on Aug. 14, 2002, after reporters and lawmakers asked why he had not been subjected to a background check and, as an Israeli citizen, was unable to obtain clearance to see classified information from the federal government.
When Cipel informed him that he was only a lieutenant in the Israeli navy and not an expert on anything, McGreevey said he would only act as a liaison to military officials and coordinate the governor’s visits to army bases, according to Cipel.
www.njjewishnews.com /njjn.com/092806/njcipeldenies.html   (2637 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: "I'm straight," says Israeli man linked to gay governor's decision to resign
Golan Cipel told the Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot that McGreevey repeatedly made unwanted sexual advances.
Cipel said he wanted to forget about McGreevey after he left New Jersey and took a job in New York, but he said the governor continued to make unwanted contact.
Cipel, 35, was quoted as saying that he identified with the "feelings of victimization" that women feel when they are sexually harassed, and that he felt trapped.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002006214_mcgreevey16.html   (575 words)

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