DATE=4/12/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-247989
TITLE=CONGRESS-CHINA SPIES (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-S SENATE IS CONTINUING HEARINGS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF
CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT AMERICAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABORATORIES.
JUST HOURS AFTER MEMBERS RETURNED FROM A TWO WEEK CONGRESSIONAL
RECESS, THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MET FOR A PUBLIC MEETING ON
THE MATTER. V-O-A'S PAULA WOLFSON REPORTS THE SESSION FEATURED
SOME BLUNT TALK FROM THE MAN WHO ONCE LED EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN
SPIES AT THE LABS.
TEXT: NOTRA TRULOCK WAS THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FROM 1994 TO 1998. HE WAS ON THE JOB ABOUT
A YEAR WHEN THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF CHINESE ESPIONAGE CAME TO
LIGHT.
///TRULOCK ACT///
BY THE SPRING OF 1996, WE WERE REPEATEDLY WARNING OF
TARGETING EFFORTS BY THE CHINESE AGAINST OUR NATIONAL
LABORATORIES. MOREOVER, BY 1997, WE HAD IDENTIFIED AND
WARNED ABOUT SPECIFIC COLLECTION TARGETS AT BOTH LOS
ALAMOS AND LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES.
///END ACT///
HE SAYS HIS OFFICE TRIED TO MAKE OTHERS AT THE DEPARTMENT
UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND MET WITH LITTLE SUCCESS.
///TRULOCK ACT///
I MUST TELL YOU THAT OUR WARNINGS WERE IGNORED. THEY
WERE MINIMIZED AND OCCASIONALLY EVEN RIDICULED - -
ESPECIALLY BY LABORATORY OFFICIALS.
/////END ACT/////
BUT A FORMER DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY DENIES THEY TRIED TO
COVER-UP EVIDENCE OF ESPIONAGE AT THE LABORATORIES. ELIZABETH
MOLER APPEARED BEFORE THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE JUST MINUTES
AFTER MR. TRULOCK SPOKE.
///MOLER ACT///
ANY SUGGESTION THAT I EVER REFUSED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION TO DEAL WITH CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT THE LABS
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS THAT I PURPORTEDLY HAD ABOUT
NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S CHINA
POLICY ARE ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
///END ACT///
MS. MOLER SAID SECURITY IS NOW MUCH TOUGHER THAN IT WAS A DECADE
AGO WHEN THE ALLEGED THEFT AT THE LOS ALAMOS WEAPONS FACILITY IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE MAIN SUSPECT - - A TAIWAN-BORN
AMERICAN SCIENTIST - - LOST HIS JOB AT THE LAB BUT HAS NOT BEEN
CHARGED IN THE CASE.. (SIGNED)
NEB/PW/WFR
12-Apr-99 7:44 PM EDT (2344 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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