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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (60703)	9/24/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Justice Dept rides to the rescue (same story) But FBI and CIA officials declined to comment on the California incident. Another source familiar with Mitrokhin's material suggested that the defector's notes have probably already given the FBI enough information to identify the high-placed Soviet operative in California. "There is little doubt the bureau will have been able to figure who this is," the source said. John L. Martin, who headed the Justice Department division in charge of prosecuting espionage cases before retiring in 1997, said that the activities described by Mitrokhin do not necessarily constitute a formal case of espionage, even if the Californian provided detailed accounts of Democratic Party strategy sessions to his KGB controllers. Espionage, Martin said, involves passing protected secrets and information about national defense to a foreign power. The actions of the California activist, he said, appear to fall into a less serious category.... latimes.com