-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Man charged with trying to smuggle camera to China Updated 8:48 PM ET February 14, 2000 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of trying to smuggle an infrared camera used in missile guidance systems to China was charged Monday with violating U.S. export laws, federal prosecutors said. Jeffrey Jhyfang Lo, a Chinese-born American citizen, was arrested Saturday night while trying to board a flight from Los Angeles to Wuhan, China, with an infrared thermal imaging camera and two lenses. Lo was charged Monday with violating the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, which regulates defense articles, services and technical data. He was expected in court by Tuesday for a reading of the charges. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorneys Office in Los Angeles, cautioned reporters that Lo had not been charged with espionage. "We are continuing to investigate this case to determine the significance of the export violation," he said, adding that the camera had civilian as well as military applications. In an affidavit submitted filed in court Monday, U.S. Customs Special Agent Shane Folden said the camera "has numerous military capabilities, such as use on missile guidance systems, satellite reconnaissance systems and detecting ships and aircraft at night." Folden, the agent in charge of the investigation, said Lo paid an undercover FBI agent working for a defense contracting company $142,000 for the camera. Lo allegedly told the agent that it would be used for "missile and reconnaissance systems in the PRC (People's Republic of China)." Folden said Lo also wanted to discuss the purchase of 38 more cameras for use by the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corp. in the South China Sea and told the undercover FBI agent: "I don't want to see you pull any, like, FBI stuff on me. I'm serious." Folden said he arrested Lo on the jetway, just before he was to board his plane for China and questioned him. "During my conversation with Lo, he admitted that he was bringing an IR (infrared) camera and lenses to China and admitted having knowledge that the IR camera required a license to be legally exported out of the United States," Folden said. Copyright © 1995-2000 Excite Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.anomalous-images.com/mgs/sp255103_Phobos_Mound_slw_x2.jpg <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! 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 credence 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
