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To: Dayuhan who wrote (9001)	8/3/1999 10:09:00 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

If those opposing Clinton made this case a media football for political reasons, knowing that it would be more effective to handle it discreetly, the same charge could be leveled at them. The only way to get the Executive to do something about the espionage debacle going on was to take it public. The press turns everything into a football game. If the BI-partisan Cox committee hadn't published (a small part of) their report, Clinton today would still be standing up looking the camera right in the eye with his little smirky smile saying "There is no evidence of any national security breeches on my watch." And they would have stone walled, lied, and delayed until the day he left the White House for the next sap to clean up the mess. In the end, the average 3rd world person would know more about our National Defense secrets than the average American.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (9001)	8/3/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 9980

And by the way, let's keep straight who is attacking Dr. Lee, and why: From a story on CBS Evning News Monday: -- "There's an update tonight and a fairness check in the story about stolen U.S. nuclear weapons secrets, possibly going to communist China for twenty years or more," intoned Dan Rather on Monday's CBS Evening News. Sharyl Attkisson then reviewed what 60 Minutes viewers saw the night before: "Wen Ho lee admits to 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace that he moved classified material to an unclassified computer, a common practice for convenience he says, but as for spying:" Wen Ho Lee: "The truth is I'm innocent. I have not done anything wrong, at least what they have tried to accuse me." Attkisson: "Representative Chris Cox led Congress's investigation into Chinese espionage and backs up Lee's dismissal for security violations, but:" Chris Cox: "It's a different matter, however, to juxtapose him with some of the most serious crimes that have ever been committed against our military secrets." Attkisson: "He accuses Energy Secretary Bill Richardson of playing up Lee's firing in the press. But Richardson denies he made Lee a public scapegoat for the lab security programs." Attkisson to Richardson: "What's your response to watching him and hearing him last night?" Bill Richardson: "Not much sympathy. This man massively violated security and by doing so we terminated him." Attkisson: "Lee, born in Taiwan, now a U.S. citizen, says he views China as an enemy country." Lee: "I feel they have a corrupt country, I mean a corrupt government." Attkisson: "And he's even taught his two children to be wary of Chinese people." Lee's son explained how he was taught to avoid people from Mainland China.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (9001)	8/3/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Steven- <<If you had bothered to read my post, you would know that I made no suggestion of racism.>> That's simply not true, Steven. In your post 8997 you said: <<If such copying of files is standard practice among scientists, as Lee claims (and I do not find the claim incredible), why was Lee singled out? In the absence of any supporting evidence, the obvious answer to both questions is racism.>> I can appreciate that you did not directly make the claim that Dr. Lee's problems were the result of racism. I do think you offered it as a strong possibility, and that my claim that you "suggested" it is not in error. To me, you seemed to ignore the possibility that authorities had supporting evidence on the matter, but, possibly because they don't want to try Lee in the press, they have not gone public with this information. Perhaps you should have read your post before you issued a snippy denial of my claim ("If you had bothered to read my post ..."). Larry P.S. Again, from your post 8997: << Now that the case has become a public issue, the government has little choice between releasing supporting evidence and appearing to be a bunch of racist thugs.>> No suggestion of racism, huh? But no, sir, prosecutors do not have an obligation to release evidence of criminal investigations- when no charges have been even been filed- simply to avoid appearing as "racist thugs" in your eyes. Consider the notion that they might be even be wise not to release information about investigations before a trial. You might yourself some someday appreciate that consideration.