-Caveat Lector- http://www.dallasnews.com/national/438638_lee_08nat.ART.html Report: Lee not targeted by FBI because of race 08/08/2001 Washington Post WASHINGTON - Federal investigators did not target former Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee based on his ethnicity, according to a classified report that is otherwise highly critical of the conduct of the FBI and Energy Department during the investigation. A version of the internal report by federal prosecutor Randy Bellows is scheduled to be released publicly next week. It says that while the government's espionage investigation of Dr. Lee, a native of Taiwan, had many shortcomings, "racism was not one of them," said several people who have reviewed its findings. The report's findings on racism, which had not previously been revealed, appear to contradict the accounts of at least two former Energy Department officials. They include the former chief of counterintelligence, Robert Vrooman, who has said in sworn statements that Dr. Lee was targeted for investigation of whether he leaked nuclear secrets to China based largely on his race. Dr. Lee, who was jailed on 59 felony counts of mishandling classified information and violating the Atomic Energy Act, pleaded guilty last September to a single felony charge of mishandling classified information after the government's case largely fell apart in court. He had spent nine months in solitary confinement. Dr. Lee, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, has indicated in press reports and court filings that he believes he was singled out because he is a native of Taiwan. The case prompted condemnations from Asian-American leaders, who accused the government of engaging in racial profiling and stereotyping in the Lee inquiry. But Mr. Bellows' review is certain to figure prominently in a defamation lawsuit by another energy official who contends that he was wrongly accused of racism in the case. Notra Trulock III, a former energy official who has filed a defamation lawsuit against Dr. Lee, said Mr. Bellows' findings on race bolster his suit, which alleges that Dr. Lee authorized supporters to accuse Mr. Trulock of racism on the scientist's Web site. A federal magistrate hearing the case has demanded portions of Mr. Bellows' report from the Justice Department, which has tentatively scheduled its release for Monday. "I feel that I am exonerated," said Mr. Trulock, 53, who left the Energy Department in August 1999. "I knew that racial profiling had not been employed and that certainly I'm not a racist." Dr. Lee's lead attorney, Mark Holscher, said he had not seen Mr. Bellows' report and could not comment. The 800-page report stems from an internal probe into the Chinese espionage investigation ordered by former Attorney General Janet Reno in May 1999, shortly after Dr. Lee was fired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Dr. Lee and his wife, Sylvia, have filed a suit against the FBI, Justice Department and Energy Department alleging that Dr. Lee's privacy was violated by government leaks of his name to the press during the investigation. Dr. Lee is also locked in a dispute with federal government censors over whether his forthcoming autobiography violates security rules. ================================================================ Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
