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2003-10-15 Home Front

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Posted by Steve 2003-10-15 10:32:20 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A federal judge has ordered five reporters to reveal sources for stories that portrayed Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist, as a chief suspect in a Chinese espionage investigation.

Only in America can a spy sue the government officials involved in investigating him. The Chinese have a much more effective way of discouraging espionage - a bullet in the back of the head.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-10-15 11:09:32 AM|| 2003-10-15 11:09:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 They don't need to recall, they just need to look at their call log and notes.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-10-15 11:17:43 AM|| 2003-10-15 11:17:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Chinese have a much more effective way of discouraging espionage
Yeah, they get the FBI agent in the sack and the investigation goes away. Wonder if Wen Ho Lee was banging anyone?

Posted by Steve 2003-10-15 2:26:19 PM|| 2003-10-15 2:26:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, they get the FBI agent in the sack and the investigation goes away.

That's encouraging espionage in the US, not discouraging it in China. The Chinese don't bother with elaborate trials for those suspected of spying for a foreign power - the Chinese procedure is essentially a summary execution.* Wen Ho Lee got to stay in America - if the US had a spy like him in China and this spy was discovered, he would be dead, after having gone through a round of severe beatings to find out what he had disclosed. Let me put it this way - they would cremate his body to avoid showing his relatives what had been done to him.

* Note that I'm referring to actual spying, not the trumped-up charges against Chinese American academics doing social research in China.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-10-15 2:49:06 PM|| 2003-10-15 2:49:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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