Three West Coast Democrats have tapped media veterans to fill Press Secretary slots in their Capitol Hill offices, Roll Call reported. Oregon's Peter DeFazio chose Susan Lindauer, a reporter for U.S. News & World Report in 1990-91....California's Robert Matsui decided upon Carri Ziegler, a former Los Angeles
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Lockerbie Trial Document: Susan Lindauer Deposition 4 December 1998
Last month, MEIB reported that Dr. Richard Fuisz, a major CIA operative in Syria during the 1980s, met with a congressional staffer by the name of Susan Lindauer in 1994 and told her that that the perpetrators of the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland were based in Syria [see "The Lockerbie Bombing Trial: Is Libya Being Framed?" Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, June 2000]. One month after their meeting, the Clinton administration, which holds Libya responsible for the bombing, placed a gag order on Dr. Fuisz to prevent him from publicly discussing the issue.
One month before a court order was served on him by the US government gagging him from speaking on the grounds of national security, he spoke to US congressional aide Susan Lindauer, telling her he knew the identities of the Lockerbie bombers and claiming they were not Libya. Lindauer, shocked by Fuisz's claims, immediately compiled notes on the meeting which formed the basis of a later sworn affidavit detailing Fuisz's claims. One month after their conversation, in October 1994, a court in Washington DC issued an order barring him from revealing any information on the group...
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Wyden, Ron Rep. (U.S. Representative (D-OR), c. 1994) Ron Wyden, U.S. Representative (D-OR). Address: U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. Spoke against tobacco industry on ABC's "Day One" program.
Appeared with Rep. Henry Waxman at press conference 4/94, said he would press to have the ingredients of cigarettes made public (Reuters 4/5/94). Wyden is a strong critic of the tobacco industry (DJ 7/25/94). Ron Wyden's chief of staff (1994) is: Josh Kardon (DJ 7/25/94). Contact (1994): Susan Lindauer 202-225-4811.