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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (286437)	8/13/2002 6:01:29 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

How about selling stingers to Iran (Reagan/Bush) ... and giving classified sat. intel to Saddam - and taking him off the terrorist list so they could sell chemical weapon precursors to him... as well as the helicopters with which to dispense the poison gas (Reagan/Bush) - all in violation of US laws.... Is all THAT treasonous?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (286437)	8/13/2002 7:44:43 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"What missile technology was sold? Would this be a lie on your part?" HECK NO, it is not a lie. I don't know the exact piece of technology. I am not a scientist. I believe it had to do with the guidance system because their missiles kept crashing. The technology was from Loral, whose President was Clintons largest private donor. Clinton bypassed the department that would approve such a sale, and that is a fact. I'll admit that I cannot remember the department. But it was a major shift from normal policy, and I think they would have nixed the sale. The lefty press did not put near the emphasis on this that they should have, and I view this as one of his worst, if not the worst transgression. I suggest you study up on it if you are interested in it.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (286437)	8/13/2002 8:18:24 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

"What missile technology was sold? Would this be a lie on your part?" Here's an update for you JF. Loral Settles China Rocket Suit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story Filed: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:02 AM EST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Loral Space & Communications announced Wednesday it will pay the government $14 million to settle a long-running investigation of how the company provided highly sensitive information to China after a Chinese rocket launch failed. Loral, which will pay the money as a civil fine to the State Department, said the Justice Department has terminated its criminal investigation. Loral's chairman and its chief executive officer, Bernard Schwartz, is a major campaign donor to the Democratic Party. At issue in a Justice Department probe was whether Loral illegally helped the Chinese in 1996 by advising them after a rocket carrying a Loral satellite exploded. The Pentagon concluded in a report that sensitive technology involving missiles was transferred to the Chinese. Loral denied its assistance helped China militarily. In a statement, Schwartz said Loral ``made an immediate and voluntary disclosure to the State Department'' when the company learned an employee had mistakenly sent a report on the rocket failure to the Chinese. ``Loral accepts full responsibility for the matter and expresses regret for its failure to obtain appropriate State Department approval,'' Schwartz said in the statement. The company also said that it has strengthened its export compliance program with changes that will cost at least $6 million. Schwartz said the company has instituted an extensive new training program, added staff and greatly improved oversight of export control. In 1998, during the investigation, Justice Department attorneys cautioned that its probe could be undermined if the Clinton administration cleared the way for another Loral satellite to be launched by China. President Clinton OK'd the deal. Then-National Security Adviser Sandy Berger wrote Clinton in a memo in 1998 that ``the criminal division of the Justice Department has cautioned that a national interest waiver in this case could have a significant adverse impact on any prosecution (of Loral) that might take place, based on a pending investigation of export violation. On fairness grounds, we believe it is inappropriate to penalize (Loral) before they have even been charged with any crime.'' In a Feb. 18 memo marked ``the president has seen,'' White House aide Phil Caplan wrote that the ``Department of Justice believes that, if the matter ever reaches a trial, a jury would likely not convict'' the company ``if the jury were to learn that a waiver was issued.'' Clinton said his decision ``was the right one,'' adding that ``I can assure you it was handled in the routine course of business.'' Schwartz donated almost $1 million to Democrats from 1995 through 1998.