| Printed from JudicialWatch.org Mar 11, 1999 |
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Detail Potential Security Breaches in Chinagate JUDICIAL WATCH GROUP THAT SPARKED SCANDAL WITH DEPOSITION OF HUANG WHITE HOUSE INVOLVEMENT IN CHINAGATE UNDERSCORED BY REVELATIONS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SANDY BERGER (Washington, March 11) Judicial Watch has reloaded the originals of the diaries of John Huang on its internet site at www.JudicialWatch.org, and they are now readable in an easy format. The original diaries were recently obtained under court order in the case which exposed John Huang and sparked the Chinagate scandal. Recently, Judicial Watch uncovered that security procedures remain so lax at the Clinton Commerce Department that anyone with a top secret clearance can walk out of the agency with classified documents in his or her briefcase. Indeed, Judicial Watch had already found that confidential and classified satellite encryptions, along with CIA reports on China, Russia and India, were taken out of the Department by Ira Sockowitz, a confidant of John Huang. The classified materials were perhaps bound for the Chinese. But the Clinton Administration and Congress have failed to thoroughly investigate this. Judicial Watch will, however. This underscores the serious national security weaknesses in the Clinton Administration. For instance, Sandy Berger, the National Security Adviser who buried information about the breach of security at Los Alamos laboratory, is not trained in national security issues. He was an international trade lawyer, specializing in antidumping cases, at Hogan and Hartson, a predominantly Democrat law firm, before joining The White House. It is an understatement to say he thinks "politically," and not strategically. The Huang diaries are a window into the access potential Chinese agents have to classified national security information in the Clinton Administration. Given Huang's importance, they are perhaps the Rosetta stone, from which to do a serious investigation. Judicial Watch is carrying out this investigation in its multitude of lawsuits on Chinagate. Huang will be redeposed by Judicial Watch. | |