Ron,
I have tried to stay out of the discussion on Los Alamos, but your post prompts me to reply.
You post, "Question... why was a former CIA operations officer stuck working as a SSO (site security officer) at Los Alamos??"
It seems to me that moving from Operations Officer to "Chief of Counter Intelligence" (not 'site security officer') at Los Alamos is not a demotion. Vrooman (not Yroon) is 61 and it was an appropriate assignment for someone of that age that has exhibited high performance in his career. There are many lesser posts that he could have been assigned to that would still be considered a promotion.
I've read the Cox report and it is a report of suppositions and innuendo with no actual proof of anything - even that secrets were stolen by the Chinese (I'm sure some were stolen, not just by them but by many other countries). Much has been made of the portions of the report not made available. If they are anything like the portions that were, the uproar the report caused isn't in proportion to the information it contains.
I have read everything I could find on the Wen Ho Lee case and haven't seen the information you've posted. Could you please give me a source for your statement that "The evidence against Lee goes far beyond moving data from an secured to an unsecured computer system." and the other things he has supposedly done? As near as I can determine, this is the only thing they can prove against him and the rest is just supposition - or part of a plan to put the blame on 'someone' and this someone just happens to be Chinese. According to a FoxNews report, the FBI has evidence against another Los Alamos employee that had numerous unreported contacts with PLA agents (he's caucasion) and they may be handing down an indictment soon.
I'm not defending Wen Ho Lee, but I am defending his rights. The 'leaks and innuendo' to the media from Richardson and others has put him in the position of proving his innocence and it's wrong. If he's guilty then indict him, prove it in court, and send him away, but stop the attempts to convict him in the media.
IMO Sec. of Energy Bill Richardson is a publicity seeker that could care less about anyone's constitutional rights as long as he can get his face in the press.
JMHO,
Ron |
