For example: Barney Frank, a long-time House member, and the chairman of the House Finance Committee, sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, praising Tamir's help.
Barney Frank in the letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu: "I was sorry to learn that he is being criticized because of his accurate reporting of significant sentiment in the United States... If the people who work for me did not give me the kind of straightforward, thoughtful analysis that the consul is providing, even if it wasn't the most welcome news, that failure - not the information - would cause me unhappiness."