From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #134 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Tuesday, May 19 1998 Volume 02 : Number 134 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:13:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Subject: Chinese funneled money to Democrats - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 06:50:44 -0500 From: believer@telepath.com Subject: IP: Chinese Mil.Intell. funneled money to Democrats Source: New York Times May 16, 1998 Republicans Say Clinton Risked Security for Donations By ERIC SCHMITT and DON VAN NATTA Jr. WASHINGTON -- Armed with new evidence that Chinese military intelligence funneled money to the Democrats in 1996, congressional Republicans Friday accused President Clinton of allowing U.S. national security to be threatened. Even senior Democrats who have steadfastly supported the White House Friday expressed deep concern. "If the president does not act quickly and decisively, my presumption is that we have a genuine breach of national security for corrupt political purposes," Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., said in a telephone interview. The New York Times reported Friday that a Democratic fund-raiser, Johnny Chung, had told federal investigators that he funneled nearly $100,000 from a Chinese military officer to the Democrats during the summer of 1996. The officer, Liu Chao-ying, sent Chung more than $300,000, which she told him originated with the intelligence agency of the Chinese military, according to officials who were briefed by the Justice Department about Chung's account. She told him to use the money for campaign contributions, the officials said. Apparently, Chung kept the rest for himself, several officials said Friday. In July 1996, Ms. Liu accompanied Chung to a California fund-raising dinner, where she had her photograph taken with Clinton. The White House Friday repeated denials that administration officials had any knowledge of the source of Chung's contributions or that the donations affected an administration decision in 1996 to make it easier for American companies to export space technology to China. "It's ludicrous to suggest there was an influence on the determination of U.S. policy in this matter," said a White House spokesman, Eric Rubin. But the new information reignites a debate over an issue that Democrats and the White House thought they had successfully put to rest. And it prompted some members of Congress to renew their calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate 1996 campaign finance practices. The revelations have also galvanized Republicans on Capitol Hill, who had searched in vain for more than a year for a solid link between China and Democratic fund-raising practices that would resonate with American voters. Republicans believe that the specter of Beijing's military spies trying to buy access into the U.S. political system, coupled with reports that Clinton in 1996 made it easier for U.S. civilian communication satellites to be launched by Chinese rockets, may finally strike a chord. The Justice Department had opposed the presidential waivers for the satellite technology, expressing fear that two leading U.S. satellite companies, Loral Space and Communications and Hughes Electronics, a General Motors subsidiary, provided space expertise to China that would enable Beijing to point long-range nuclear missiles more accurately at the United States. This handed Republicans the national-security issue they had sought. In an unusual example of close cooperation, Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, the majority leader, and Gingrich met last month with several of their committee chairmen to map out multiple lines of inquiry into the administration's dealings with China, from illegal campaign contributions to Beijing's sales of weapons technology to Pakistan and Iran. The goal, congressional investigators said, was to hold a series of hearings before Clinton leaves for his summit visit to China in late June. Gingrich and Lott wrote to Clinton last Friday, urging him to provide documentation to refute these concerns. So far, the administration has refused, giving Republicans even more grist for their arguments that the White House is stonewalling. "If the president won't share the information with the Congress on these matters, then he and his administration are guilty," Gingrich said Friday. "They can't use defense-attorney techniques and blatant obstruction to block matters of national security." Gingrich said Clinton should cancel his scheduled trip to China late next month unless the president "clears this up." In a interview taped Friday for broadcast Saturday on CNBC's "Tim Russert" program, Lott said, "I'm also worried if we continue to play pattycake with China while they continue to be involved in weapons proliferation." Even Democrats who have backed the White House against earlier Republican attacks expressed deep concern. "If what's reported is true, it's very troubling," said Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House committee investigating campaign finance abuses. "This would be the first solid evidence that the Chinese government was implementing a plan to influence our elections." Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., who is on the Senate committee that examined fund-raising practices, said in an interview, "Our investigation put a lot of dots on the canvas that suggested something very wrong had happened. But if this is correct, this information begins to connect those dots." Lieberman emphasized there was still no evidence that the White knew the source of Chung's money. Here is what federal investigators have learned so far about the Chinese government's actions: China's Military Intelligence Department provided more than $300,000 to Ms. Liu between July and September of 1996. She sent the entire amount to Chung, in the United States. Chung then funneled nearly $100,000 of that money to Democratic causes, including $80,000 to the Democratic National Committee, several U.S. officials said Friday. The intelligence connection apparently gives further credence to claims made last year by Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., who is chairman of the Senate committee that investigated campaign finance abuses last year. At the start of the hearings last July, Thompson announced that evidence had been uncovered that the Chinese government had influenced the U.S. elections in 1996. However, the most Thompson's committee could say when it issued a final report in March was that there was "strong circumstantial evidence" that China steered money into the Democratic campaign. Friday, Thompson said the new information vindicated the most explosive allegation of his inquiry. "We demonstrated that in mid-1995, the Chinese had a plan to involve themselves in our elections, and there was a big partisan argument about whether it was ever carried out or affected the presidential campaign," Thompson said in an interview. "This settles those issues, also." Chung, a Southern California businessman, began cooperating with investigators in March after pleading guilty to campaign-related bank and tax fraud. He told investigators that Ms. Liu told him that her money, which he funneled to the Democrats, originated with the Chinese military's intelligence arm, several officials said Friday. It was still not clear Friday whether other China officials or executives were involved in the purported payments by Ms. Liu, or what the motives of the Chinese military or intelligence might have been. Copyright 1998 The New York Times Company - - ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. - - ----------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:14:44 -0700 From: Boyd Kneeland Subject: Re: Good old Janet Part II (fwd) Wow, that's depressing! I just don't see how I can score 100% on the Janet test if I don't have kids (to home school). Life is unfair! ; ) Boyd ('course I haven't ruled it out but I think I'll get married first) Kneeland At 1:33 PM -0800 5/15/98, Bill Vance wrote: >On May 15, Josh Amos wrote: > >[-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] > >I read the following statement and then re-read the executive order lists >and shudder. > >Josh > > >>> Subject: Cults and Government >>> >>> Just ran across this quote from AG Janet Reno. From a person of such high >>> power, these are scary words. --------- >>> >>> "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second >>> Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high >>> level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools for their >>> children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in >the >>> Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government. Any of these may<<< >>> qualify [a person as a cultist] but certainly more than one [of these]<<< >>> would cause us to look at this person as a threat, and his family as being >>> in a risk situation that qualified for government interference." >>> >>> -Attorney General Janet Reno, Interview on 60 Minutes, June 26, 1994 >> >> >"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our >homes, and the other is the Bill of Rights." > >Major General Smedley Butler USMC 1930 >winner of two Congressional Medals of Honor > >[------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** >----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- >An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no >weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his >hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a >on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ >----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- > >- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 10:25:25 -0700 From: Cap Schwartz Subject: RE: Good old Janet Part II (fwd) Hey, no problem! I still have a few at home you can have. =C - -----Original Message----- From: Boyd Kneeland [mailto:boyd@seanet.com] Sent: Monday, May 18, 1998 9:15 AM To: roc@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: Good old Janet Part II (fwd) Wow, that's depressing! I just don't see how I can score 100% on the Janet test if I don't have kids (to home school). Life is unfair! ; ) Boyd ('course I haven't ruled it out but I think I'll get married first) Kneeland At 1:33 PM -0800 5/15/98, Bill Vance wrote: >On May 15, Josh Amos wrote: > >[-------------------- text of forwarded message follows - --------------------] > >I read the following statement and then re-read the executive order lists >and shudder. > >Josh > > >>> Subject: Cults and Government >>> >>> Just ran across this quote from AG Janet Reno. From a person of such high >>> power, these are scary words. --------- >>> >>> "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second >>> Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high >>> level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools for their >>> children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in >the >>> Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government. Any of these may<<< >>> qualify [a person as a cultist] but certainly more than one [of these]<<< >>> would cause us to look at this person as a threat, and his family as being >>> in a risk situation that qualified for government interference." >>> >>> -Attorney General Janet Reno, Interview on 60 Minutes, June 26, 1994 >> >> >"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our >homes, and the other is the Bill of Rights." > >Major General Smedley Butler USMC 1930 >winner of two Congressional Medals of Honor > >[------------------------- end of forwarded message - ------------------------] > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- > ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** >----------------+----------+--------------------------+---------------- - ----- >An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no >weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his >hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a >on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ >----------------+----------+--------------------------+---------------- - ----- > >- - - - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 12:24:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Subject: Another friend of Bill, Strange death, McDougal Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:25:06 -0500 From: jlbtexas Subject: IP: [Fwd: WW-Autopsy of Jim McDougal Raises New Questions] To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Robert Huddleston Subject: WW-Autopsy of Jim McDougal Raises New Questions Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 10:27:57 -0500 From: Washington Weekly Subject: Autopsy of Jim McDougal Raises New Questions Apparently-To: wwlist@dolphin.gulf.net AUTOPSY OF JIM MCDOUGAL RAISES NEW QUESTIONS Prison Inmates Alert McDougal's Physician to Mistreatment By Wesley Phelan On April 30, 1998, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office issued a press release regarding the autopsy report of Whitewater witness James McDougal [1]. The press release said that tests of the vitreous chemistry did not indicate electrolyte imbalance, and that tests for the drug Lasix were negative. These findings, if accurate, will put to rest speculation that officials at the Fort Worth Medical Facility injected McDougal with Lasix in order to induce urine for a drug test [2]. The press release stated that the cause of death was 'hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.' According to Dr. Noland Hagood, McDougal's personal physician since 1992, "Jim's major problem was advanced atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. He developed significant problems in his forties, which is a young age to develop that. He had blockage of the carotid artery in his forties. He had had several operations to treat his condition. Jim and I had talked about the fact that, with his condition, he was only a heartbeat away from death." Speculation about Lasix aside, the press release contains three noteworthy anomalies. First, the amount of Prozac in McDougal's blood was at a toxic level. This raises the questions of why McDougal was taking Prozac, and if the high level could have contributed to his death. According to Dr. Hagood, McDougal had been on Prozac for several years for treatment of manic depression, so the presence of the drug is, in itself, not surprising. Dr. Hagood also dismissed the possibility that the high level of Prozac was a direct cause of death: "A patient can take up to 80 milligrams per day of Prozac, although that is a rare dosage. It's very hard to overdose on Prozac. I understand that Jim's level was high, but he was probably on a high dose." Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani, however, stated that "someone made the judgement to increase the dosage to 60 milligrams. And for him, that was too much."[3] In addition, the high level of Prozac may have made it difficult for McDougal to urinate, leading to his solitary confinement in what inmates call the "hole." The second anomaly is the fact that the autopsy found no other drugs in McDougal's body besides Prozac. Dr. Hagood told The Washington Weekly he believes McDougal needed as many as six medications to treat his heart problems and high blood pressure. The absence of other drugs could mean that prison officials withheld these medications, or it could indicate the autopsy results are suspect. The third anomaly is the statement in the press release that the "autopsy report [was] released yesterday." Employees in the medical examiner's office have repeatedly told The Washington Weekly that the autopsy report is not complete, and cannot be mailed out to the press. That statement was made as recently as May 15. In addition, a spokesman for the office told The Washington Weekly in April that autopsy reports which involve a lot of lab work regularly take between four and six weeks. McDougal died on March 8, which means that this particular autopsy report is now ten weeks in preparation. One wonders just what is causing the delay. INMATE ACCOUNTS OF MCDOUGAL'S LAST DAYS Dr. Hagood provided The Washington Weekly with two articles describing McDougal's last days at the facility, and the conditions in the segregation unit known as the 'hole'. The articles were sent to Dr. Hagood in a packet, with a short cover letter. The cover letter and the articles were written by inmates at the facility who were close friends of McDougal. The inmates wish to remain anonymous, for obvious reasons. Published here, for the first time, are the cover letter and the first article. THE COVER LETTER Dear Dr. Hagood: Thank you for your excellent article on Jim McDougal. Enclosed is what really happened to Jim. Just the fact that they keep the "hole" so cold had to have a severe effect on Jim. The cold is almost unbearable even to a healthy man. The method of taking a man to the "hole" is severe. Each man has his arms placed behind his back and is escorted by the Officer in front of all to see. This is part of the punishment in placing a man in the "hole". Enclosed are two articles for your information. If you require other information, please contact me at XXXXXX. I am still confined to prison and was a friend of Jim as long as he was here. I further believe the prison officials scared Jim into thinking he was a "snitch" and subject to being killed by another inmate. This was grossly unfair to Jim McDougal. THE FIRST ARTICLE The TV station announced at 3:51 PM on this date, that Jim McDougal of WHITEWATER fame had suddenly died of a heart attack. Let me tell YOU the real story of what happened to this HIGH PROFILE inmate at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, just before his death. On last Saturday at the normal REC time, Jim was called to give a urine specimen. The officer on duty there, insisted Jim give an immediate urine specimen. Jim could not. The inmate was to urinate into a small bottle while the Officer observed the process. We believe this was direct HARASSMENT for Jim because he neither smoked, used drugs or alcohol. Jim may have had a personal hang-up about urinating in front of someone. The Officer could have checked with the Medical department and he would have easily discovered that this same thing happened to Jim before. Jim was sent back to his unit at about 6:00 p.m. Almost immediately Jim was called to the Lieutenants office. Upon his arrival there, he was immediately handcuffed with his hands behind his back and delivered to the "HOLE". This was to be his punishment for not being able to urinate on demand. The temperature in the "HOLE" is kept at a constant 60 degrees supplying much discomfort to those men who have the misfortune of being thrown in the "HOLE". Jim hated the cold because of the blood thinner medication the Medical Department was requiring him to take. THE "HOLE" IS A VERY COLD PLACE. In the "HOLE" the inmate is free to do what he will, but in my experience, his biggest job is just to keep warm. He receives little or no attention from the Guards except at meal time. Now the "HOLE" is no place to send an older man or a man with a history of heart problems. Jim was a very sensitive person who had already been through so much in the WHITEWATER investigation. Jim lay down because he felt ill. He was flushed and nauseated but still could not urinate on demand. At about 10:20 AM on Sunday Morning at Count Time, Jim was found face down on the floor of his cell. He was totally unconscious. Medical Emergency was called and Jim was rushed to the Medical Center from the "HOLE". On Sunday Morning at approximately 10:55 AM an evacuation helicopter landed at the rear of the Medical Center. Jim was quickly transferred to copter. They left immediately for the best heart treatment center in Fort Worth, the John Peter Smith Hospital. The announcement that Jim had died came in over the radio at about 3:00 PM shortly followed on TV. Many inmates and others witnessed that Jim appeared to already be dead as he left the prison "HOLE". During his last months here, Jim spent his mornings lifting and hauling garbage sacks to the dumpster at the rear of the property. Jim did this work on a clearly volunteer basis as he had never been cleared to do that work. Jim felt he was helping his fellow inmates in his own way. Jim always smiled as he did that hard, thankless task. Jim McDougal was liked by every man who really knew him, with few exceptions. We hope that God will bless Jim as he goes to a better place. This article provides some very valuable information. Geoff Metcalf reported shortly after McDougal's death that many inmates saw a strange helicopter at the facility that day. The article explains the purpose of the helicopter, which was to transport McDougal to the hospital. The article also states that McDougal was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital because it had the best heart treatment center in Fort Worth. Due to the very recent receipt of the article, The Washington Weekly was not able to confirm the reputation of the hospital's heart treatment center [4]. The article also raises some disturbing questions. Was McDougal nauseated in the hole because of the high level of Prozac in his blood? Where is the wisdom in placing a man "who is a heartbeat away from death" in a room where healthy men have trouble staying warm? And most important of all, was McDougal's drug test really random, or was the dosage increase in his Prozac a prelude to his being targeted for a punitive drug test? Whatever the answers to these questions, Jim McDougal's problems with 'random' drug tests may in fact have been linked to a very peculiar episode in the Whitewater investigation. In March of 1997, a tornado supposedly ripped open the trunk of a car, abandoned at a repair shop in Arkansas ten years earlier [5]. Johnny Lawhon, the repair shop owner, claimed to have discovered in the trunk boxes containing thousands of documents. One of the documents was a $27,000 check from McDougal's former savings and loan -- made out to Bill Clinton. Making the episode even more interesting is the fact that Henry Floyd, the man who abandoned the car, said it was given to him by Jim McDougal's mother. McDougal certainly thought his troubles were linked to that episode. He told Bill Simmons of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "the day the check is found, I'm sentenced to seven days in solitary confinement" [6]. How many other checks and Whitewater-related documents turned up in that car is anybody's guess. In April, Susan McDougal was called before the now-defunct Little Rock grand jury. She was asked about a check for $5,081.82, payable to Madison Guaranty. The check carried the notation, "Payoff Clinton." Susan refused to answer any questions about the check, choosing instead to face charges for criminal contempt. The following account of the session was carried in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Q: Ms. McDougal, you signed this check; is that correct? A: May I go out and see my attorney? Q: Ms. McDougal, would you please answer the question first? A: May I go out and see my attorney sir? Q: Yes, Ms. McDougal. Grand Jury Foreman: Yes, you may. A: May I take that? Q: No, you may not. A: 5081.82. Exit witness, stage left, muttering the amount to herself as she leaves enshrouded by the heavenly mist of stained-glass light. Ms. McDougal consults with lawyer, then returns to announce that--surprise!--she ain't talkin', copper. And they say film noir will never match the '30s version [7]. The Democrat-Gazette writers then speculate as to where the mysterious check for $5,081.82 might have come from. Their best guess? That old abandoned Mercury. How fortunate for Bill Clinton that Jim McDougal is no longer available to shed light on any of these mysteries! A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE The mainstream media have gone to great pains to convince the American public that Susan McDougal is an innocent victim of an independent counsel gone wild. They would have us believe that her refusals to answer simple questions, such as "Did Bill Clinton lie?" are straightforward expressions of principle. The attempt has, perhaps, been most transparent on "Larry King Live," where Sue and her lawyer have been allowed to pontificate at length on how hard-hearted and evil Kenneth Starr is. Of course, Mr. King never mentioned the fact that a California indictment for embezzling $150,000 from Zubin Mehta awaits the one-time equestrienne land hawker. The most recent -- and most hilarious - - -- attempt at the canonization of Susan was an editorial by Donald Kaul, which appeared on May 12 in newspapers across the country. Mr. Kaul somehow came to the conclusion that Susan is the lone heroine in the Starr-Clinton saga. According to Kaul, she stands out in the whole sordid mess as "a person of character." Jim McDougal, on the other hand, is regularly portrayed as a southern snake oil salesman, who should have been tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. We can expect such characterizations to intensify in the coming weeks. Before he died Jim McDougal wrote a book [8], aptly titled "Arkansas Mischief." On Friday of last week, the Associated Press reported a few of what will likely prove to be many allegations in the book against Bill Clinton. McDougal wrote that he made $2000-a-month payoffs to Clinton back in the 1980's when Clinton was Governor of Arkansas. He also wrote that Clinton promised to pardon Susan before he leaves office. The White House is already apoplectic about the forthcoming book, calling the charges "outlandish," and "scurrilous falsehoods." One can almost see the ghost of Jim McDougal smiling. (I would like to thank Dr. Noland Hagood and Todd Turner, the attorney for Jim McDougal's estate, for generously giving their time to help me obtain medical records pertaining to McDougal's death. They are not responsible for my point of view, or for any errors that might appear in this article.) NOTES [1] The text of the press release was as follows: "The final cause of death of Mr. James McDougal was attributed to 'Hypertensive Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease' in an autopsy report released yesterday in Fort Worth. Mr. James McDougal, who was 57 years of age at the time of his death, was an inmate at the Federal Medical Facility in Fort Worth, where he was apparently discovered in his segregated cell on March 08, 1998. He was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, where he [was] pronounced dead at 12:01 p.m. Autopsy confirmed clinical history of both hypertension as well as severe peripheral vascular disease. Most significant findings at autopsy included an enlarged heart with left ventricular hypertrophy and dilation, and occlusive coronary atherosclerosis. Postmortem toxicology was positive for fluoroxetine (Prozac) and its metabolite norfluoxetine. The values reflected in Mr. McDougal's femoral blood indicate that the combined amount of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine were above the therapeutic range but not lethal. In addition to the above studies, a comprehensive heavy metal screen as well as screen for mercury poisoning were carried out, all of which were reported negative. Postmortem vitreous chemistry did not indicate electrolyte imbalance and postmortem blood furosemide (Lasix) was negative." [2] The Washington Weekly has ordered a copy of the autopsy report, and has made arrangements to submit it to independent analysis by a top forensic pathologist. [3] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 29, 1998. [4] In a previous article, I reported the comments of a former Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff, who said conditions in the hospital's emergency room were appalling. These comments were consistent with comments made to me by people I met on my trip to Fort Worth. One convenience store clerk said he "could not believe they took McDougal to that place." [5] Johnny Lawhon, the person who found the long-lost documents, died in a one-car crash shortly after the discovery. I was told by a friend of McDougal that the documents were not 'discovered' because of a tornado, and that the Mercury was not abandoned. I was also told that a second person connected to the 'discovery' of the documents is now dead. This source also said: "I knew Jim and Susan real well. . . . Jim was getting ready to talk about Mena, Arkansas. Jim had all the information on Mena." I have not been able to confirm this information. [6] The exact chronology of when the documents were 'discovered,' when they were turned over to the Starr investigation, and when the White House learned of their existence, is evidently known only to the principals. [7] Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, May 10, 1998. [8] Advance orders for McDougal's book, expected to be out shortly, can be placed through Amazon at the Washington Weekly web site http://www.federal.com [ Wesley Phelan can be reached at wphlen@mtco.com ] Published in the May 18, 1998 issue of The Washington Weekly Copyright 1998 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com) Reposting permitted with this message intact - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 12:39:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Subject: More on Clinton and Red Chinese - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sean Henry Subject: RNC / New York Times To: Multiple recipients of list PRESSLIST This is a very important summary of how the Clinton Administration has sold US security interests -- and why. Please forward it to your own lists. Mike Collins RNC Press Secretary (202) 863-8550 (Voice) (202) 863-8773 (Fax) (800) 317-4967 (Pager) E-Mail: mcollins@rnchq.org Visit Our Web Site: http://www.rnc.org ESSAY / By WILLIAM SAFIRE U.S. Security for Sale WASHINGTON -- A President hungry for money to finance his re-election overruled the Pentagon; he sold to a Chinese Military Intelligence front the technology that defense experts argued would give Beijing the capacity to blind our spy satellites and launch a sneak attack. How soon we have forgotten Pearl Harbor. October 1996 must have been some tense month for Democratic fund-raisers. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times had begun to expose "the Asian connection" of John Huang and Indonesia's Riady family to the Clinton campaign. The fix was already in to sell the satellite technology to China. Clinton had switched the licensing over to Ron Brown's anything-goes Commerce Department. Johnny Chung had paid up. Commerce's Huang had delivered money big time (though one of his illegal foreign sources had already been spotted). The boss of the satellite's builder had come through as Clinton's largest contributor. But public outrage was absent. The F.B.I. didn't read the papers and Reno Justice did not want to embarrass the President. And television news found no pictorial values in the Asian connection. Stealthily, the Clinton Administration held back the implementation of the corrupt policy until Nov. 5 -- the day the campaign ended. Now the reporting of Jeff Gerth and The Times's investigative team is putting the spotlight of pitiless publicity on the sellout of American security. We begin to see how the daughter of China's top military commander steered at least $300,000 through the Chung channel to the D.N.C. (Apparently Mr. Chung skimmed off a chunk and may be spilling his guts lest he have to face his Beijing friends.) We begin to learn more of the Feb. 8, 1996, visit of the arms dealer Wang Jun to the Commerce office of Ron Brown, and Wang's "coffee" meeting that day with the President, the very day that Clinton approved four Chinese launches -- even as China was terrorizing Taiwan with missile tests. Clinton's explanation, which used to slyly suggest that China policy was not changed "solely" by contributors, has now switched to total ignorance: shucks, we didn't know the source of the money. But this President's D.N.C. did not know because it wanted not to know; procedures long in place to prevent the unlawful inflow of foreign funds were uprooted by the money-hungry Clintonites. Today, two years after this sale of our security, comes the unforeseen chain reaction: as China strengthens its satellite and missile technology, a new Indian Government reacts to the growing threat from its longtime Asian rival and joins the nuclear club. In turn, China feels pressed to supply its threatened ally, Pakistan, with weaponry Beijing promised us not to transfer. This makes Clinton the Proliferation President. Who has helped keep this sellout of security under wraps? In the Senate, John Glenn was rewarded with a space flight by Clinton for derogating the leads to China of the Thompson committee. Fred Thompson's warnings about China's plan to penetrate this White House were then scorned by Democratic partisans; his Government Operations Committee should now swarm all over this. The House's aggressive agent of the Clinton cover-up, Henry Waxman of California, is finally "troubled" by the prospect of damning evidence he prevented the Burton committee from finding. At least three Democratic partisans who foolishly followed Waxman in blocking the testimony of Asian witnesses may have difficulty explaining their cover-up vote to even more troubled voters in their districts. The Gerth revelations lead to more questions: Where were the chiefs of the C.I.A. and the National Security Agency, their intelligence so dependent on satellites, on the satellite technology sale to China? Is anybody at Reno Justice re-examining testimony taken by independent counsel investigating corruption at Commerce before Ron Brown's death? Does Brown's former lawyer claim "dead man's privilege" on notes? Did N.S.A. tape overseas calls of suspect Commerce officials? Who induced Commerce to lobby Clinton for control of satellite technology? And the most immediate: Will homesick prosecutor Charles LaBella, beholden to Janet Reno for his political appointment in San Diego, dare to offend his patron by calling for independent counsel? - - --------------D4BB593999C69F6B03EF10BD-- ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 23:53:34 EDT From: Patriot888 Subject: CAS: The Nuclear Proliferation President I'm working on a concise synopsis of the whole tangled mess surrounding the China Syndrome and Nuclear Arms. I want to keep it short, but still include the essential details. Below is my first draft. Please do comment on any suggested corrections, additions, modifications, omissions. I will be posting this on my web site pronto. Thanks BT ================ Here are the facts: Bill Clinton spent his young adulthood protesting against US military actions abroad, and against nuclear weaponry. In 1992, both Bill Clinton and Al Gore lambasted George Bush for "Coddling Tyrants" in China, and demanded that the granting of Most Favored Nation status to China be linked to human rights progress. Suddenly, sometime prior to the 1996 Clinton re-election campaign, Bill Clinton decides that MFN should not be linked to human rights, and he gets MFN status for the "tyrants" in China. About the same time, Clinton transfers jurisdiction over export of sensitive encryption, communications, and nuclear technology from the State Department to the Commerce Department. Secretary of State Warren Christopher had been warning Clinton NOT to issue waivers allowing the transfer of such technology to China. As had nearly all of his top advisors at the Pentagon. Conversely, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown was more than willing to sell anything to anyone, as long as it was politically advantageous to Clinton and the Democrats. And peculiarly, also working with Brown and Commerce was John Huang, suspected Chinese operative, and big-time fundraiser for the Democrats. John Huang had NO security clearance. Bill Clinton had forced the suspension of the normal rules governing security clearances for persons with access to confidential material in the case of Huang. Ron Brown, who was about to be indicted on charges of influence peddling, mysteriously dies in a plane crash, which the US military lied about concerning certain details before and after. Ron Brown's office was immediately ransacked by several Commerce personnel, and confidential materials disappeared. No one was ever held accountable, even though the culprits were known. The investigation into Brown was dropped. Johnny Chung, Democrat fundraiser, gives a total of over $300,000 to the Democrat party, much of which was later shown to have come from the Chinese military. The daughter of a top Chinese military leader who was the source of this money was granted an audience with Clinton after a fundraiser, even though this was a blatant violation of security protocols. The White House claimed not to know the source of the money, nor the background of the "guest". The reason: It did not WANT to know. Bill Clinton had once again forced the suspension of security checking on certain fundraisers, even though they had been warned that Chung was a "hustler." China is suspected of transferring some of its nuclear technology, some of which came from the US, to Pakistan, a violation of Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty accords. The US wags its finger and does nothing. The Justice department was investigating Loral Communications for possible violations of export regulations concerning sensitive technologies. Bill Clinton subverted that investigation by issuing waivers to two corporations, Loral Communications and Hughes Electronics, allowing them to export sensitive computer, and missile technology to China. By coincidence, Loral just happens to be the single largest contributor to the Democrat party. This opens the floodgates for further technology transfers by Loral and other companies, and undermines any prosecutions of prior violations. Some of this technology greatly enhances the nuclear capabilities of China, and by implication that of its ally, Pakistan. China, as a result of the technology it received from the US, now has greatly enhanced nuclear missile targeting capability, including, for the first time, the ability to reach targets in the US. India, seeing that the US had allowed China to furnish Pakistan (an enemy of India) with enhanced nuclear capabilities, decides to end its 24 year old moratorium on the development of its own nuclear arsenal, and immediately detonates 5 test explosions underground. Pakistan declares its intention to do the same as India. North Korea, whose own nuclear program was ostensibly "suspended" pending the blackmail of US provision of oil and "non-weaponizable" nuclear power technology, hints that it is becoming impatient and may resume its own nuclear program again. Iraq, which was supposed to have shown proof that it has completely dismantled its own nuclear development program, continues to defy UN inspectors, thereby proving quite the opposite. Bill Clinton ultimately will become the "Nuclear Proliferation President." How ironic. ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #134 *************************