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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (422009)	7/2/2003 3:38:02 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "to cut those deals." >>> Nothing wrong with businesses doing business (as long as the laws are obeyed). Either the French were going to get those launching contracts for commercial satelites, or the Chinese... as our own shuttle system was YEARS backlogged (because of grounded launches). "As a favor to his largest contributors, Clinton had his Commerce Department overrule the DoD's denial of waiver for the launch technology." >>> We didn't give the Chinese 'launch technology'... they already had their missiles. (The waiver allowed US firms to use Chinese rockets to launch their satelites... so long as important technologies were safeguarded.) >>> What was ILLEGAL - and the action that brought prosecution against those defense contractors - was when they analysed a Chinese launch failure and * without seeking the required US government approval for transfer of sensitive dual-use technologies * gave the Chinese info that allowed them to correct the launch errors (and improve the accuracy of any other missiles). >>> Your failure to be even aware of the underlying facts in the case is most distressing. >>> Try doing your own research, instead of relying upon some ideologue's pre-digested pablum.