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*ALERT* CHRIS COX INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED --
FINDS 'SHOCKING' AND 'EXCEPTIONALLY SERIOUS PROBLEMS'
from: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a36881c4c38df.htm
Los Angeles Times - DAILY PILOT
Saturday, December 26, 1998 By HUSEIN MASHN
Fund-raising probe finds "serious problems," Cox says
Republican congressman hints that link between Democratic
Party and sale of satellites to China will be 'shocking.'
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Serious problems have been uncovered by
a six-month congressional investigation into the connection
between Democratic Party fund raising and the transfer of
sensitive satellite technology to the People's Republic of
China, says Rep. Chris Cox of Newport Beach, who oversaw the
investigation.
The classified final draft of the $1.5 million, 1,800-page
study will be completed today, Cox said.
"The select committee has uncovered exceptionally serious
problems in the area of our jurisdiction," Cox said. "If it
was publicly known, it would be shocking, indeed." Cox
chaired the select committee, which includes members of both
parties who looked into an alleged transfer of sensitive
satellite technology to China from Loral Space &
Communications Co. and Hughes Electronics Corp.
Loral received a waiver from the Clinton administration to
sell the technology, which the congressional committee
alleges could be a threat to national security. The waiver
was granted while the Justice Department was investigating
Loral Chairman Bernard Schwartz, who gave the Clinton-Gore
re-election campaign more than $600,000, more than any other
single contributor.
"I've really been working long hours with members of my
staff to meet the Jan. 2 deadline," Cox said. "We have
finished the investigation and are now writing the report."
Cox said criminal investigations also are being conducted
regarding transactions between Loral, Hughes Aircraft and
China.
Although the report is classified and has been successfully
guarded from being leaked to the media, Cox said the select
committee will attempt to "declassify as much of the report
as possible," by early next year.
"We have in recent months been focusing on [Chinese]
espionage directed against U.S. military technology," Cox
said earlier this week. "We'll have Christmas Day off, but
then we'll be back to work Saturday."
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On Chris Cox's page is a link to
http://www.house.gov/chriscox/Press/coverage/ocr081998chinaselect.htm
which gives:
Wednesday, August 19, 1998
China inquiry is under veil of secrecy
GOVERNMENT: Cox and other committee members begin hearing
from analysts about the rocket/satellite explosion and
consequences.
By DENA BUNIS
The Orange County Register
WASHINGTON -- Code-word classification. Secure space.
Security briefing. It sounds very Tom Clancy-ish. But those
phrases have become part of Rep. Christopher Cox's
vocabulary as his select committee on China has gotten down
to work. For three days this week, the nine-member panel is
hearing from top intelligence community analysts.
Just what happened in February 1996 when a Chinese rocket
exploded when it was about to launch an American sat? And in
that aftermath, did Loral Space Systems, the satellite's
builder, pass on secrets to the Chinese government? If so,
why should we care?
So far, everything the committee has been told has come via
classified, secure briefings. In a town where leaks and
partisan bickering are as expected as a hot, humid August,
so far Cox, R-Newport Beach, and the ranking Democrat, Rep.
Norman Dicks of Washington, have managed to keep rank
politics out of this inquiry. And they are being very
careful not to divulge anything that might remotely resemble
a leak.
What they will say is that after listening to the country's
highest-level intelligence community officials, they want to
not only know about what information the Chinese got but
whether the Chinese passed on that information to unsavory
regimes that could use them for no good. "When technology is
transferred to Beijing it doesn't stop there," Cox said in
an interview this week. "There is substantial evidence of
technology transfers to countries that pose a much more
serious short-term threat to the United States."
When the committee meets, security is tight. Even the room
where the panel meets — tucked away in the Capitol's attic —
is unknown to most members of Congress. To get there,
members use an unmarked elevator, set apart from the
Capitol's crypt by a burgundy velvet rope. A sign reads:
"Authorized Personnel Only." The elevator opens onto a stark
white hallway. A heavy door is shut. There's a combination
lock on the outside. A Capitol Police officer stands guard.
The windowless hearing room is routinely swept for
electronic surveillance.
As the ranking Democrat on the Select Committee on
Intelligence, Dicks is one of four House members who have
such a high security clearance that they are entitled to
know virtually everything the intelligence community does.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Minority Leader Rep. Richard
Gephardt, D-Mo., and Intelligence committee Chairman Rep.
Porter Goss, R-Fla., are the others.
For the life of his panel, Cox has been added to that group.
Experts watching the committee are not surprised there have
not been any leaks thus far. First, they say, there's not
much to leak yet. Second, members take such national
security concerns very seriously. John Pike, head of the
space project for the Federation of American Scientists, a
Washington-based arms control think tank, says the secrecy
may add to the legitimacy of the panel. "I think it's going
to be an awful lot easier to keep the political truce and
make this a serious investigation if it completely avoids
any odor of a show trial," Pike said.
Dicks said partisanship would be inevitable at public,
televised sessions. "When they (Republicans) say something
our side thinks is blaming Clinton, Democrats are going to
jump in and blame it on Bush and Reagan," Dicks said during
an interview this week. "That's Politics 101. Both sides
should say this was a bipartisan policy. What we have to
find out is whether it was wrong." Dicks and Cox agree that
they've narrowed the scope of what they're going to do in
the next five months to three areas:
Missiles and rockets: This centers on the Loral incident and
whether and what terminology was transferred, and to whom.
Manufacturing: This refers to the McDonnell Douglas sale to
the Chinese government of a manufacturing plant in Ohio that
ended up being used to manufacture cruise missiles.
Supercomputers: The question here is whether computers sold
to China supposedly for commercial reasons are really being
used for military purposes.
Cox says he expects eventually there will be a public airing
of the investigation. "Right now, we're kicking the tires on
the government's investigations so we can uncover additional
facts," Cox said. "Any information enterprised by our
committee is likely to be unclassified" and could be aired
in an open setting. The panel's investigative staff includes
Democrats and Republicans. Most are on loan from the
security agencies. Six come from the FBI, three from the CIA
and four from the Pentagon.
Defense and military experts hope the committee answers the
broader question of what to do about foreign satellite
launches and not just on what happened in this case. "I
think slowly people are coming to recognize that these
Chinese launch controversies are a tip of an iceberg of
difficulties," said Henry Sokolsi, executive director of the
Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center and a senior
official in the Bush Pentagon. "This has to do with
Americans' increasing reliance on foreign launch services
generally."
From: powell (throw.them.out) *
12/28/98 16:31:16 PST
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To: Vegas
Well well. What have we here? Is this the sound of the
"other shoe dropping"? When Shippers (sp?)reviewed the
Justice files on campaign finance and did not follow up, I
hoped that he was deferring to the Cox investigation and did
not want to "clutter up" or delay the impeachment. The
timing of the Cox report (just before the Senate convenes),
will turn up the heat on BC to resign (probably by the State
of the Union Address). I believe that the Republican members
of the Judicial Committee knew this would happen, and would
take the heat off them and insure that BC would resign
without a trial.
BC can pardon Gore before he leaves office and Gore can
pardon him after the election in 2000. What a perfect ending
to this tragic soap opera!
I can dream can't I?
From: res ipsa loquitur () *
12/28/98 16:40:24 PST
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To: Jeff Head
The Democrat Party of the US needs to be disqualified as a
political party in this nation due to high treason, just as
the Communist Party was in the forties and fifties.
To think that a national party would sell state secrets to
the Chinese for political contributions is mindboggeling.
It is time for true Americans to stand up and demand that
the treasonous Democratic Party be outlawed. Yes Mr.
Dershoshits your party committed treason.
From: dontlookback (hi) *
12/28/98 16:41:36 PST
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To: Vegas
"Suspecting that any nuclear technology would be used to
provide a scientific and technical infrastructure for the
nuclear weapon program, Washington has urged China (and
Russia) not to sell any nuclear technology to Iran. However,
the U.S. response is complicated by the fact that Chinese
nuclear technology transfers to Iran may not violate the
NPT, although they may contradict U.S. laws, including the
Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act, Arms Export Control
Act, and the Export-Import Bank Act. In April 1995, in
discussions with Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen at the
U.N., Secretary of State Christopher shared intelligence
and tried to persuade the Chinese to halt the controversial
nuclear sales to Iran. At a press conference on April 17,
1995, Secretary Christopher said that Iran "is simply too
dangerous with its intentions and its motives and its
designs to justify nuclear cooperation of an allegedly
peaceful character." However, Qian Qichen publicly
disagreed, saying "there is no international law or
international regulation or international agreement that
prohibits such cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear
energy." U.S. policy is also complicated by the fact that
Westinghouse Electric Corporation[CBS] and General Electric
[NBC] Corporation are interested in selling nuclear energy
equipment to China. "
The quote is a couple of years old. They are going to build
plants in China. Go check the PRNewswires. Done deal. No
'reporting'.
From: Boyd () *
12/28/98 16:48:25 PST
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To: Jeff Head
Bingo, this could be what Drudge is referring too, and would
sink Clinton and anyone who has taken contributions from
Loral, Hughes, etc. This has always bothered me more than
Monicagate, since it means China could probably blind or
bring down all our spy satellites. Is China going hard on
the dissidents because they want to send us a message that
we (U.S.) better not try anything now?
By the way, are they still prosecuting fornicators in Gem
County?
From: hadrian () *
12/28/98 17:02:01 PST
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To: Vegas
Loral Chairman Bernard Schwartz, who gave the Clinton-Gore
re-election campaign more than $600,000, more than any other
single contributor.
That may be what he gave the Clinton/Gore campaign but when
contributions to other Democrats and the DNC is considered,
Scwartz gave millions. And he has not stopped. Bernie kicked
back another $350,000 to a DNC PAC this past fall.
From: LarryLied ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) *
12/28/98 17:06:17 PST
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