Bosco, Ron,
Did anyone read the NYT column by James Bamford, the author of "The Puzzle Palace", about the NSA. I especially like the article because he says what I've said in past posts: that "The investigation...has become so partisan that it's hard to know where the politics ends and the truth begins." The article concludes,
<<Mr. Lee meanwhile, is still the far right's symbol of Clintonian evil. On his radio program on Tuesday, Rush Limbaugh, displaying an insensitivity that was breathtaking even for him, mocked Mr. Lee, saying, "We call him 'Dr. I Bring Dough' on this program."
There was a time when espionage wasn't such a partisan game. The Reagan years were the worst on record for espionage. Jonathan Pollard walked out of Navy intelligence offices with suitcases stuffed with documents for his Israeli controllers. Aldrich Ames met with Soviet intelligence officials and sold out his country. Members of the Walker family were taking secret documents and codes off Navy ships by the boxload. Larry Wu-Tai Chin, a C.I.A. analyst, passed secrets to the Chinese Government.
What was missing in those cases, however, was heated Congressional rhetoric, hearings to investigate dark dark conspiracies, shrill accusations of Reagan Administration bungling and leaks of damning information by committee staffers. Spies were caught, prosecuted and sent to jail. Period.
It was more or less understood that espionage happens in every Administration. In that same era, hundreds of people were investigated for security violations. None, however, were thrown in to the political circus as quickly and cruelly as Mr. Lee was.>>
sorry, I can't find the link, I typed it in from the hard copy.
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