To: TigerPaw who wrote (231417 ) 5/4/2005 6:24:17 PM From: Peter Dierks Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571697 there is nothing in the credible link about that. "Capitol Hill Blue 3/23/99 Doug Thompson "…Last week, 24 hours before President Clinton told the nation there was "no evidence" of espionage by China at U.S. national labs, the FBI and CIA told the President that such spying was "widespread" at national facilities, career intelligence officers confirm. And both agencies are also following trails which keep leading back to the White House. "The President was fully briefed on Thursday," one FBI analyst said on condition of anonymity. "He was warned that the Los Alamos case was only a small part of a widespread pattern that spreads throughout the scientific community." Yet the President told a press conference the next day investigations by the FBI had not turned up any evidence of espionage and said the Los Alamos case was an isolated incident. "That statement was not true and the President and his advisors know it is not true," a CIA intelligence officer said Monday. "We have provided the White House with reports of an extensive Chinese spy network." …"These men [Chung, Trie, Huang] could not have accomplished what they did without extraordinary access and the blessing of others with a lot of clout with the President," one FBI agent says. "The trail keeps leading back there to the White House." Career FBI agents are reportedly frustrated with what they consider to be attempts by Attorney General Janet Reno to slow down their investigation. The political pressure to avoid embarrassing the White is strong, several say. At the CIA, intelligence professionals also say the political pressure is intense. "The message is clear," one says. "Anybody who works this case is told that it could be a career-stopper." …"alamo-girl.com