| I have enough doubt about what the ultimate findings will be not to want to make a definitive statement. If there were actual bribery going on, to look the other way, than it is very bad. I am convinced by some of the material I have read that the damage was fairly severe, but, like you, I am no expert. As I understand it, they gained a lot of US codes, compromising our own defenses, and leapt forward about ten or fifteen years in Mirv technology, for example. It seems to me, though, that an assessment of material damage, though important, means less than an assessment of whether the Administration were willing to compromise security for remuneration. That is the part that will need to be sorted through. It seems clear that money was illegally channeled, but we do not know if its source were known, or if there were a tit- for- tat........... |
