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To: RealMuLan who wrote (53411)	9/16/2004 12:04:21 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 74559

Haha--Ex-U.S. official charged with concealment By MATTHEW BARAKAT ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A former top-level State Department official illegally took a secret, unauthorized trip to Taiwan last year and met with Taiwanese intelligence officers, according to a criminal complaint. Donald W. Keyser, a 30-year veteran at the State Department, was charged Wednesday with deliberately concealing from his superiors that he took a four-day trip to Taiwan last September. Federal law requires an individual with Keyser's security clearances to report all foreign travel. Keyser would not have been permitted to travel to Taiwan on official business because the United States and Taiwan do not have formal diplomatic relations, according to court papers. Keyser's attorney, Robert Litt, was unavailable for comment Thursday, and a phone call to Keyser's home was not immediately returned. At a court appearance Wednesday, Keyser was released on a $500,000 bond and a preliminary hearing was set for Oct. 13. The State Department declined comment on the case Thursday because it involves an ongoing investigation. seattlepi.nwsource.com