Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000086781

It is an illness. a serious sickness * * * we suffer from phobias and paranoias and it destroys our minds. This attempt to destroy the human spirit has perhaps reached the ultimate in cynicism in the case of Ilya Vaitsblit. Mr. Vaitsblit retired from his job as a radio engineer in 1973 because of declining health due to multiple sclerosis. He and his family applied for an exit visa but were refused because of his access to "classified" material. This is now 1987 and Mr. Vaitsblits disease has rendered him deaf. dumb. blind and completely paralyzed and yet he cannot leave because he is considered a security risk.
Keywords matched
visa

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
DENNIS DECONCINI
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
AZ
Gender
M
Date
1987-08-07
Speech ID
1000086781
Paragraph
#2
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