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To: jlallen who wrote (52614)	6/10/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 67261

Somebody else did it. But even the Democrats aren't buying it. What are they going to argue? *Media Research Center CyberAlert* Thursday June 10, 1999 (Vol. Four; No. 103) A week-and-a-half after he promised to fire Energy Department officials whose incompetence exacerbated the espionage, a promise he has yet to fulfill, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson appeared before the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence. It was an open hearing with cameras taping footage any network could use, but only one bothered. Richardson denounced the Senate-passed rules clamping down on security and the committee's top Democrat castigated a Richardson deputy for trying to falsely impugn others with language that sounded like it was written at the "political shop over at the White House." I only know this because of Carl Cameron's FNC story which also revealed how FBI agents have accused Justice officials of "deliberate incompetence" in ignoring evidence of espionage. On the June 9 Special Report with Brit Hume, Cameron began by pointing out how Richardson told Senators he opposes new security proposals because they "undermine and micro-manage him." Cameron moved on: "The chief of Energy Department counter- intelligence, Ed Curran, accompanied Richardson and found himself under fire for claiming several days ago that the Senate knew about China's spying in 1996 and failed to act. The Vice Chairman of the committee, Democrat Bob Kerrey, scolded Curran for being both inaccurate and too partisan." Kerrey: "It carried a tone that sounded as if it was written by the political shop over at the White House." Cameron: "Curran sat by and watched as his boss acknowledged that the comments and the facts were wrong." Cameron explained how the House unanimously passed new security measures proposed in the Cox Report and then concluded with exclusive information about more malfeasance: "In rare closed door testimony, Fox News has learned that frustrated rank and file FBI agents told lawmakers that they found ample evidence of Chinese espionage but felt thwarted by senior Justice Department officials. Now sources say law makers will look into the possibility of what's called quote 'deliberate incompetence' by Justice Department officials to sweep it under the carpet." FNC's 7pm ET Fox Report culled all this down to 38 seconds, but that's still 38 seconds more than allocated by ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC which all ignored these events of the day. CNN devoted virtually all of The World Today to Kosovo and breaking news of a peace deal wiped out Inside Politics. The other networks, however, found time on June 9 for plenty of other stories: -- ABC's World News Tonight looked at the boom in summer jobs for teens and mental health treatment. -- CBS Evening News dedicated pieces to the health dangers of cigars, the "smoldering facts on cigars and health" as Dan Rather put it, and "the weather team extreme," meteorologists who check extreme weather claims. The Eye on America story examined racial profiling by police. -- NBC Nightly News, prompted by the launch of drkoop.com, devoted the In Depth segments to online health information followed by the efforts of a woman raising money to pay for an experimental operation.