-Caveat Lector- >From federal.com/jun28-99/s4awk.html > And Now, The Witch-hunt > Editorial > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- By MARVIN LEE > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > > The past three years have seen revelations of Chinese > contributions to President Clinton, transfer of U.S. military > technology to the Chinese, obstruction of congressional > investigations by Congressional Democrats, and efforts to > diminish the issue by the mainstream media. > > Last week the final twist in the Chinese penetration of the U.S. > security apparatus was emphasized: the witch-hunt by the Clinton > administration for anti-communist and anti-PLA employees within > the administration. > > A hearing of the Burton Committee last week focused on how these > anti-communists and anti-PLA national security officials were in > a position to thwart Chinese espionage and technology acquisition > and hence had to be stopped by the Clinton administration: > > > > Jonathan D. Fox, an attorney at the Defense Special Weapons > Agency, was forced to rewrite a 1997 memorandum to change his > conclusion that China was a nuclear arms "proliferator" to one in > which China was deemed a "nonproliferator." > > Edward J. McCallum of the DOE's Office of Safeguards and Security > testified that he was forced out of his job two months ago in > retaliation for his repeated warnings that security was failing > at the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories. > > F. Michael Maloof of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency > testified that he has been "isolated, ignored and subject to > political retribution" for refusing to temper his belief that the > Chinese military poses a significant security threat to the > United States. > > Peter M. Leitner of the Defense Technology Security > Administration, testified that he has been subjected to "one > adverse harassing act after another" since he appeared last > summer before the Cox Committee to tell the truth. > > > > These were the brave individuals who went public despite the > threats and intimidation. What about all those individuals who > were successfully silenced by the Clinton administration? We will > not hear from them until the Clinton administration is out of > power and unable to do them any more harm. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- Published in the Jun. 28, 1999 issue of The Washington > Weekly. Copyright © 1999 The Washington Weekly > (http://www.federal.com). Reposting permitted with this message > intact. > U.S. reassures Turkey on pipeline > > Wednesday, 30 June 1999 0:31 (GMT) > > (UPI Focus) > U.S. reassures Turkey on pipeline > By MARTIN SIEFF > UPI National Security Affairs Editor > WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) - U.S. policymakers have moved to > reassure > the Turkish government they still are committed to construction > of a pipeline from Baku in Azerbaijan across Turkey to the > Mediterranean Sea. > Earlier this month, the Clinton administration authorized a > feasibility study by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency on the > possibility of building an oil pipeline across the Balkans from > the port of Burgos in Bulgaria across Macedonia and Albania to > the Mediterranean. > Reports of this study provoked a wave of concern in Turkey > that such > a trans-Balkans pipeline might mean the United States was turning > its back on the proposed pipeline from Baku to Ceyhan in > southeast Turkey on the Mediterranean. > But U.S. government officials told UPI today that while the > trans- > Balkans pipeline or some other additional pipeline was likely to > be built, Washington remained firmly committed to the Baku-Ceyhan > project to pump oil from southern Caspian oil fields controlled > by Azerbaijan. > U.S. officials said the trans-Balkan pipeline route will be > studied > as a way to transport oil pumped along a route from other Caspian > Sea oil fields controlled by Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea > port of Novorossiysk by the proposed Caspian Pipeline Consortium > pipeline. > Chevron announced in April that it had begun work on a marine > terminal for the proposed CPC pipeline from the > Kazakhstan-controlled Tengiz oil fields in the Caspian to > Novorossiysk. > This pipeline is scheduled to be completed by mid-2001 and to > have an > initial capability of 560,000 barrels per day, with a peak > capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day. Oil tankers would then > transport the oil from Novorossiysk across the Black Sea. > But the Russians and Western oil companies involved in the > project > are looking for ways to pipe the oil to the West without having > to ship it through the narrow Turkish-controlled Bosporus strait, > where possible oil spills could cause serious environmental > hazards. > Russia has pushed strongly for the building of this pipeline > as it > will give Russia a lucrative share in transporting the Caspian > oil and a key strategic position controlling its flow. > But the Turks fear that Moscow may seek to prevent the > Baku-Ceyhan > pipeline being built as a rival route. > Among its other implications, the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline would > make > Azerbaijan, a Russian and Soviet-controlled nation for more than > 150 years until its independence in 1992, finally free of Russia > in economic terms and allow it close relations with Turkey, a > fellow Turkic Muslim state. > Estimated costs of the Baku-Ceyhan route have soared in recent > years > from $2.5 billion to $4 billion. > However, U.S. officials stressed that the Balkans route would > complement the Baku-Ceyhan route if it was built rather than > supercede it. > "The TDA study in the Balkans does not reflect in any way on > our > position on Baku-Ceyhan," a State Department official said today, > speaking on condition of anonymity. "The administration remains > strongly committed to Baku-Ceyhan." > Another U.S. official, also speaking on condition of > anonymity, said > that the TDA had also studied other possible pipeline routes > through the Ukraine or through Romania to pump oil shipped from > Novorossiysk to European consumers. > "One or more of these other pipelines (in addition to > Baku-Ceyhan) > is probably going to have to be built" to cope with the expected > volume of oil exports out of the Caspian, he said. > This official said the trans-Balkan, Romania and Ukraine > routes were > all competing alternatives for the second pipeline route to pump > the oil coming through Novorossiysk to the West. > "In essence, these other variants (of proposed routes) are > competing > with each other, not with Baku-Ceyhan," he said. > A third U.S. official, in the State Department, said, "The > State > Department's official position remains multiple pipelines" to > export Caspian oil. > On Monday, John Wolf, the recently appointed special adviser > to > Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright on Caspian energy > resources, reiterated the commitment to Baku-Ceyhan, according to > the Itar-Tass news agency. > He said in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi that there was no > alternative to building the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline in order to > transport Caspian oil (from Azerbaijan) to the West, Itar-Tass > reported. > The agency said Wolf and Georgian President Eduard > Shevardnadze both > called for the speedy adoption of a decision to push ahead with > the long-delayed Baku-Ceyhan pipeline. > -- > Copyright 1999 by United Press International > All rights reserved > -- > > > Copyright 1999 by United Press International > > A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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
