-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.antiwar.com/justin/justincol.html By Justin Raimondo > August 25, 1999 > > OPERATION “KINDRED SPIRIT” – A CASE OF ETHNIC CLEANSING > > “Operation Kindred Spirit,” the code name for the Department of > Energy's effort to convict alleged Chinese “spy” Wen Ho Lee (of > something, anything) is coming unraveled – and, with it, the show > trial so eagerly anticipated by the Hate China crowd. The case > that was compared by interventionist conservatives to that of > Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a dramatic reenactment of the Cold > War spy hysteria of the fifties, turns out to be nothing but an > episode of the Keystone Kops. For once, the truth is beginning to > come out in spite of the War Party's best efforts – much to the > chagrin of the warmongers in both parties. > > > > THIS JUST IN > > The startling news that the Department of Justice security chief, > John Dion, is recommending against the prosecution of Lee was > followed by even more startling news: the resignation of Mr. > Notra Trulock, the Department of Energy official who led the > witch-hunt against Lee. This capped a week of new developments in > this long-simmering case, during which none other than respected > former Senator Warren Rudman (R-NH), now serving on the > President's Federal Intelligence Advisory Board, weighed in on > the side of the beleaguered Lee. Rudman authored a scathing > report that lambasted the investigation, derided the lack of any > evidence that Lee had passed on any information, and raised a > vital point: Why focus on Lee when the information he is alleged > to have stolen was available in so many other places? With more > than two dozen other possible sources of the security leak, why > did Trulock – who has three other grievances filed against him by > Department of Energy employees – home in on Lee, a Taiwan-born > ethnic Chinese? > > THIN AIR > > This question was trenchantly answered by Robert Vrooman, former > counterintelligence chief at the Los Alamos Laboratory, where Lee > worked, who declared that the case against Lee “was built on thin > air.” Vrooman verified what we have been maintaining in these > pages all along, and what Lee said on Sixty Minutes: the Feds are > scapegoating Lee because he is ethnic Chinese. Their whole case > is based on ethnicity. Who else are the alleged “kindred spirits" > here, but that traitorous Chink and his Commie masters? > > TURNING THE TABLES > > Although fired from a job he held for decades at the Los Alamos > National Laboratory, in New Mexico, Lee has not been charged with > any crime and stoutly maintains that he is not guilty. Although > his name has been dragged through the mud by government > officials, including Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, it looks > like he may never get his day in court. His big chance to prove > his innocence may only come if he turns the tables and takes the > government to court – a distinct possibility. > > A PUNK RAP > > The embarrassing truth, for both the administration and its > Republican enemies like Rep. Chris Cox, is that there is simply > no evidence that Lee ever spied for China, or for anybody else. > Secretary Richardson has vehemently denounced Lee and defended > his firing, on the grounds that Lee transferred technical data > into his secure home computer: but there is no evidence that Lee > transmitted anything to the Chinese or that the information ever > left his secured computer – one that was so secure that Lee > complained that even he sometimes had difficulty gaining access > to it. Even the New Mexico district federal prosecutors, who are > chomping at the bit to go after Lee, are stumped as to what > charge to hang on him, aside from “mishandling” classified > information. But what kind of a punk rap is that? > > DOUBLE STANDARDS, ANYONE? > > The Clintonians are rightly afraid to indict Lee on this arcane > charge, or any other – not because they are guilty of conspiring > with Beijing to deliver nuclear secrets in exchange for campaign > contributions, as some of the more rabid Sinophobes claim, but > because ex-CIA chieftain John Deutch was just caught > “mishandling” some very highly classified information far more > egregiously than Lee. It turns out that Deutch, now retired, used > to routinely cart home Top Secret files in his suitcase. For this > transgression, exposed at the height of the spy hysteria, Deutch > had his security clearance revoked. Will they dare to prosecute > Lee for the same infraction, and go for jail time, while Deutch > goes free? > > STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE > > Although the arrogance and cruelty of this administration is for > all intents and purposes limitless, they do have some tactical > sense. Federal officials say that the reason for their lack of > enthusiasm for a trial is that it would reveal too much about the > sources and methods of U.S. counterintelligence operations – but > don't you believe it. The real reason, as is always the case with > this administration, is politics. Such a trial would radically > alienate the Asian-American community during an election season > when they could very well be the swing vote in the pivotal states > of Washington and California. Instead, the Democratic strategy is > to let the Republicans play the role of the heavies – and let > them pay the political price. > > CHUMPS > > As usual, the chumps are falling for it. Governor Pete Wilson > having already succeeded in alienating many California Hispanics, > the state GOP is going two for two with party Vice Chair Shawn > Steel's enthusiastic endorsement of the hate campaign against Wen > Ho Lee and Chinese-American “subversion." As an official of a > party which is already fractionalized and rapidly becoming > politically marginalized, Steel has not only signed on as a > cosponsor of David Horowitz's crazed crusade against the Yellow > Peril, but somehow finagled the financially-strapped California > party into paying for 3,500 copies of Horowitz's pamphlet, The > Art of Political War. Now, if Horowitz is really smart, he will > market his anti-Chinese manifestos to the Democrats. No doubt the > Gore campaign would be interested in buying up a bunch of them to > distribute, especially in California – if they haven't already. > > THE ART OF POLITICAL SUICIDE > > The irony of The Art of Political War, which is supposed to be a > “how to win” manual for Republicans, is that with the help of > Horowitz and the China-Haters, the burgeoning Bay Area > Chinese-American population will continue to be safely contained > within the Democratic ranks – this in spite of the blatant and > unrelenting hostility to China and all things Chinese which is a > tradition in the Big Labor wing of the Democratic Party. Among > the most ardent China-haters in Northern California is none other > than San Francisco's own Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi – Democratic > stalwart, kneejerk liberal, and perhaps China's most vocal and > persistent congressional critic. > > THE ART OF POLITICAL WARMONGERING > > As an ex-New Leftist and red diaper baby-turned professional > China-baiter, Horowitz should really write a book on “The Art of > Political Warmongering," for surely he is an expert on the > subject. For years he has been beating the bushes, drumming up > whatever remnants of support there were for restarting the Cold > War: for him the Wen Ho Lee case and the Cox Report were like > manna from heaven. Without waiting for such minor details as > evidence or facts, the perpetually hysterical Horowitz early on > declared Wen Ho Lee guilty of espionage: > > HOROWITZ'S STAR CHAMBER > > “In keeping with its relentless defense of a suicidal policy, the > Clinton Administration has failed to prosecute the very spies who > have been identified as being responsible for the most critical > thefts of American military secrets. . . Wen Ho Lee, the man > responsible for the most damaging espionage, is known to have > downloaded millions of lines of computer code revealing the > designs of our most advanced nuclear warheads. But Wen Ho Lee > today is a free man.” > > DEFEND AND PROTECT > > Lee is free because, in a free country, the government needs > something called evidence before it can indict, let alone lock > up, someone accused of a crime. He may have downloaded technical > information, but only into his own computer – a common practice, > as we shall see, that extended right up to the top levels of the > US government. Horowitz also claims that the Clintonians have > been “defending” and “protecting” Lee – by firing him unjustly, > smearing him, trying to entrap him, and threatening him with > prosecution. I only hope that, some day, someone will “defend” > and “protect” Horowitz in a similar manner. > > PUT UP – OR SHUT UP > > Newsweek speculated that although “prosecutors may never admit > they went too far in publicly fingering” Lee, in any event the > accused scientist “may be the one hauling the Feds into court." > Perhaps Lee's lawyers will also take a look at the virtual > cottage industry that has grown up around the thicket of baseless > and damaging charges against their client. Hatemongers like > Horowitz should be held to account. Does Horowitz have some > inside information, unknown to federal prosecutors, that Wen Ho > Lee is “the man responsible for the most damaging espionage”? If > so, then it is high time he put up – or shut up. > > HOROWITZ DEFENDS TREASON > > To add insult to injury, Horowitz is not content to convict a > seemingly innocent man of espionage without citing a shred of > evidence – he must exculpate the crimes of a real traitor in the > process! In the midst of his unsupported accusations against Lee, > Horowitz has the unmitigated gall to write that: > > “Unlike China, for example, the state of Israel is a democracy > and a proven ally of the United States. Yet when an Israeli agent > named Jonathan Pollard was discovered stealing secrets whose > dimensions did not even approach the seriousness of these thefts > (no technologies, for example, were involved), he was given a > life sentence amidst the most solemn anathemas from the officials > of the government he betrayed.” > > FREE WEN HO LEE – AND FRY POLLARD! > > Attorney Joseph diGenova, who prosecuted Pollard, has a different > view: “Pollard ranks among the four most serious cases of > national security damage in the history of this country,” said > diGenova on This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts > [10/25/98]. “Nothing matches what he did in terms of the > compromise of the technical intelligence capability of this > country and he put at risk human lives.” As noted in the Prather > Report, released by the office of that well-known Maoist, Jack > Kemp, the so-called “legacy codes” downloaded by Lee were > hopelessly outdated, and would be of little technical use to > Chinese scientists. Another difference between Lee and Pollard is > that the latter was caught, red-handed, and arrested outside the > Israeli embassy in Washington, just as he was about to seek > political asylum. Not only that, but Pollard never denied his > guilt: instead, he boasted about how much material he had handed > over to a foreign government and claimed that the US was unfairly > persecuting and even attacking Israel by withholding such > information. Lee insists on his innocence, while Pollard glories > in his guilt. Now, I ask you: what kind of person wants to jail > the former without evidence, while freeing the latter in spite of > the evidence? > > A NEOCON CELEBRITY > > Pollard has become a celebrity among Israeli hard-liners and > their American amen-corner, the Mumia Abu-Jamal of today's > neoconservatives. These ex-leftists-turned-warmongering > “conservatives,” of which Horowitz is the epitome, who no longer > have the socialist countries to idealize, seem to have > substituted Israel for the late-lamented Soviet Union in their > affections. Just as in an earlier time such people signed > petitions to free the Rosenbergs and exonerate Alger Hiss, while > calling for the jailing of World War II isolationists like > Lawrence Dennis for “sedition,” so today their intellectual (and, > in some cases, familial) descendants downplay Pollard's crimes, > lobby for the commutation of his life sentence – and howl for the > blood of Wen Ho Lee. > > WHO BENEFITS? > > Lee's martyrdom at the hands of vindictive bureaucrats, vengeful > haters, and vaunting politicians of both parties is not just a > crime against a single individual, but an assault on a whole > people. The effect of the Sinophobic hysteria in Congress and the > national security apparatus has been to demoralize and drive out > not only Chinese-American scientists working on government and > defense-related projects, but also to cast a pall of suspicion on > all foreign-born scientists. For if Wen Ho Lee can be demonized > as the “kindred spirit” of the “Red” Chinese, without proof or > the pretense of fairness, then so can any foreigner working in > any government or defense-related research facility. Instead of > ensuring a strong America, the crazed campaign to drive out > Chinese-American scientists from the government-controlled sector > of the scientific community is a big blow to the national > defense. Instead of encouraging talented Chinese science and > engineering students studying in America to stay, the witch-hunt > is driving them back to China – much to the satisfaction of > Chinese government, which is trying desperately to stop the > continuous “brain drain” to the West. > > THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES > > Now that the truth is coming out – and how I look forward to the > trial! – will the professional China-haters and opportunistic > politicians apologize to the man they wrongly maligned? No way! > Instead, they will go blithely on their way to the next > scapegoat, the next hate campaign, the next overseas “threat.” > The War Party's work is never done – and, consequently, neither > is ours. > > A FOOTNOTE > > My readers may remember the last time I dealt with Horowitz and > his outfit [August 11], in which I observed that his Hate China > crusade seemed to have fallen on hard times: "From the sad and > somewhat abandoned look of the CNLM website – the only thing that > has changed beyond the initial postings a month ago is the date – > Horowitz's ‘Hate China’ campaign seems to have fizzled out before > it ever began. The Spark, as the CNLN calls its online > newsletter, has failed to catch fire." Less than twenty-four > hours after that column was posted, the CNLM website sprang to > life. After over a month of complete inactivity, visitors to the > site were suddenly inundated with information about the CNLM's > alleged successes: click here and see “Who Has order 100-plus > copies of The Art of Political War,” click there and see a > color-coded map that purports to show “Where Activists Are > Reading It” – all this in addition to a complete list of the > people and organizations who have made bulk purchases. Ah, the > power of the press is truly awesome to behold. As for Horowitz > and the CNLM, their reaction (or overreaction) is not hard to > fathom – when you're in the radical wing of the War Party, > overkill is an occupational hazard. > > > > Check out Justin Raimondo's article, “China and the New Cold War” > > “Behind the Headlines” appears Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, > with special editions as events warrant. > > > Justin Raimondo is the editorial director of Antiwar.com. He is > also the author of Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy > of the Conservative Movement (with an Introduction by Patrick J. > Buchanan), (1993), and Into the Bosnian Quagmire: The Case > Against US Intervention in the Balkans (1996). He is an Adjunct > Scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, in Auburn, Alabama, > a Senior Fellow at the Center for Libertarian Studies, and writes > frequently for Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He is > the author of An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. > Rothbard (forthcoming from Prometheus Books). > > > > > > Please Support Antiwar.com > > A contribution of $20 or more gets you a copy of Justin > Raimondo's Into the Bosnian Quagmire: The Case Against US > Intervention in the Balkans, a 60-page booklet packed with the > kind of intellectual ammunition you need to fight the lies being > put out by this administration and its allies in Congress. Send > contributions to > > Antiwar.com > 520 S. 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