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| Mar 29, 2001 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Testimony Arises in Trulock Lawsuit Against Wen Ho Lee (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, will question Wen Ho Lee, the individual who breached U.S. national security at the Los Alamos nuclear laboratories in early May in New Mexico. The testimony arises in the context of a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch’s client, Notra Trulock, the former Energy Department counter-intelligence officer, who blew the whistle on the massive breach of national security at Los Alamos. In order to deflect blame for his actions, Wen Ho Lee, along with others, accused Notra Trulock of recommending his prosecution because he is Chinese-American. Despite the fact that Wen Ho Lee cannot state why and where he took and deposited national security information to this day, he continues to maintain that he was persecuted based on his race. Mr. Trulock is not a racist and in fact recommended that several people, including caucasians, be investigated for the massive breach of national security at Los Alamos and elsewhere. Accordingly, he has filed a defamation suit against Wen Ho Lee and the others who smeared him, and damaged his reputation severely. “The politics of personal destruction based on race or any other factor cannot be tolerated, particularly by an individual who is not only a convicted felon, but who still cannot account for the massive security information which he took out of Los Alamos,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. “Judicial Watch is pursuing the Chinagate scandal on a number of fronts and has several lawsuits pending. Unlike the Bush Administration, Judicial Watch will not roll over on this issue,” added Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Just last week, the Bush Justice Department allowed the Clinton-negotiated Riady/Lippo plea agreement to go through. |
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