Time: Mon Jul 14 08:44:28 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA13319; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 08:39:12 -0700 (MST) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA17030; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 08:39:03 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 08:38:46 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: DRUDGE REPORT BREAK 7/12/97 23:48 UTC (fwd) <snip> > >X X X X DRUDGE REPORT BREAK 7/12/97 23:48 UTC > >WOODWARD ON CHINA, WITH HELP FROM 'EXECUTIVE BRANCH SOURCES' > > >The FBI is declining to provide Congress, including Sen. Fred Thompson's >panel and the House and Senate intelligence committees, with further >details about any possible DNC/Chinese connection, reports Bob Woodward in >Sunday's WASHINGTON POST. In an overview of where the case now stands, >the >man who first revealed possible Chinese attempts to influence the American >election process decides not to spend yet another weekend at the beach >this >summer and goes long in a front page story filled with several >revelations. > Woodward writes that the FBI is holding back from sharing all that it >knows with Congress in order to protect the Justice Department's criminal >investigation. > >"Sen. Thompson says his decision to begin campaign finance hearings last >week by confirming reports of a Chinese political influence-buying plan >came after aides spent hundreds of hours reviewing sensitive information >on >the matter," reports Woodward. > >"Executive branch sources said that Thompson's statement was cleared late >Monday by the FBI, the CIA and the National Security Agency, a day before >he read it at the opening of his hearings... Documentation of the Chinese >plan is contained in highly classified intelligence intercepts that rarely >are made public because disclosure might compromise sensitive sources and >methods used to protect national security... > >"U.S. intelligence has established that about $2 million was allocated by >the Chinese government, of which at least $1 million was transferred to >U.S. banks or to the Chinese Embassy here... The intelligence on the >Chinese plan establishes that Beijing had the 'intent' to make illegal >campaign contributions, one official said... Approved at the highest >levels >of the Beijing government, the plan was placed under the control of the >Chinese Ministry of State Security, Beijing's equivalent of the CIA." > >Woodward throughout his Sunday special quotes from "executive branch >sources," quickly leading to speculation around Washington that someone >inside of the White House has begun sharing with Woodward. > >Elsewhere, Robert Novak on Sunday is reporting, when Republican Sen. Arlen >Specter made his opening statement at the Senate campaign-finance hearings >last week, Sen. John Glenn "turned beet red." Specter outlined >information >about Democratic fund-raiser John Huang's contacts with the Chinese >embassy >last year after receiving CIA briefings, Novak reveals. "Glenn protested >privately to the Republican committee chairman Thompson said Specter >should >be reprimanded. But Thompson responded by asking Glenn whether he really >wanted to take the position that the American people were not entitled to >the information..." > >SIDE: A source close to Sen. Fred Thompson is telling the DRUDGE REPORT >that NBC "has been cagey" with efforts to help locate DNC fundraiser >Charlie Trie. NBC anchor Brokaw interviewed Trie somewhere in Asia late >last month, and congressional investigators, who would like very much to >quiz Trie on several fronts, have asked for the network's assistance in >locating his whereabouts. NBC publicly promised full cooperation, but >investigators have quickly grown frustrated. "Everyone understands that >there is concern for protecting sources -- but NBC is not doing everything >it can do to help the United States Congress at this time," complains a >ranking Hill investigator. > >____________________ >Filed by Matt Drudge >7/12/97 23:48 UTC >The REPORT is issued when circumstances warrant. >http://www.drudgereport.com for breaks >(c)DRUDGE REPORT 1997 >Not for reproduction without permission of the author > > >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT > (=F4=BF=F4) Dean Howard Stanton (=F4=BF=F4) >mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >subscribe: mailto:deanstan@cybertron.com >home page: http://www.cybertron.com/~standean/ >voice email: http://www.vocaltec.com >www pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/127748 >mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >------- >To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or the message >UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to majordomo@world.std.com. Contact >owner-c-news@world.std.com if you have questions. > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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