Viktor was given permission to go to Israel. but not with his wife or children. Permission. however. was conditioned on Viktor giving testimony against Anatoly Scharansky. Viktor refused to do this and so he and his family remain in the Soviet Union1 5 years after their initial application. As is the case with all the people who have applied for exit visas from the Soviet Union. the Brailovskys instantly lost their jobs. Whatever contact Irina may have had 15 years ago with "State secrets" while working with computers. a field where 1 weeks breakthrough is outmoded the next. can surely no longer be of any significance. On July 6.