-Caveat Lector- Friday June 25 6:02 PM ET Clinton Says Misspoke On China Spying Scandal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton said Friday he misspoke earlier this year when he said no security breaches occurred at U.S. nuclear research laboratories during his administration. A congressional report last month said China had acquired U.S. secrets about seven nuclear weapons and the neutron bomb through 20 years of espionage. China has denied it stole U.S. nuclear secrets. ``First of all, there has been a 20-year problem with lax security at the labs,'' Clinton said at a press briefing. ``And what I said was that I didn't suspect that any actual breaches of security had occurred during my tenure.'' But since he made that statement, it had been revealed that Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lee, who was fired in March, downloaded information from classified computers into his personal computers, Clinton said. Lee has not been charged with any crime. ``That's something we know now that I didn't know then,'' Clinton said. ``But I think my choice of wording was poor. What I should have said was I did not know of any specific instance of espionage, because I think that we've been suspicious all along,'' Clinton said. ``I have to acknowledge I think I used a poor word there,'' he added. ``We did not have any specific instance, as we now do, of the off-loading of the computer,'' Clinton said. On March 19, Clinton said if China stole U.S. nuclear secrets it did not happen on his watch. ``To the best of my knowledge, no one has said anything to me about any espionage which occurred by the Chinese against the labs during my presidency,'' Clinton said in March. ``And if I have misstated this in any way because I don't remember something, then I will tell you that. But I don't believe that I have forgotten,'' he said then. -- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Henry David Thoreau DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== 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
