Chinese Diplomats Escorted off of Los Alamos

The Washington Post ^ | 27 April 2004 | Associated Press

[firedragon]

Chinese Diplomats Escorted Off N.M. Lab The Associated Press Tuesday, April 27, 2004; 4:12 PM LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Two Chinese diplomats were escorted off restricted property at Los Alamos National Laboratory after they drove through an open security checkpoint, a lab spokesman said Tuesday. "This was not a major event," spokesman Kevin Roark said. The incident occurred Feb. 26 in an area where guards have stopped several people who mistakenly passed a temporary security booth that was set up on a formerly open road after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The diplomats, from the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles, were stopped a quarter-mile to a half-mile past the checkpoint, which does not have a gate, Roark said. They were questioned, and their car was searched. "They had no opportunity to see anything," he said. Consulate officials in Los Angeles did not immediately return a call for comment. Earlier, consulate spokeswoman Xiao Mei told The Washington Times the two diplomats were visiting New Mexico in preparation for a visit to Santa Fe by Chinese officials and suggested they may have been trying to find a local science museum. The diplomats had not told the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions they planned to visit Los Alamos, a violation of U.S. rules, said State Department spokeswoman Brenda Greenberg.

[piasa]

Here's the Washington Times version

[lainde]

Thanks for the link. Quite a different description!

[CalifornianConservative]

Yeah read about this a few days ago.

"Diplomats"? How about plain ol' "spies"?

What is scary are the lax standards of security around Los Alamos, mostly because UCLA somehow has some contract there "protecting" things.

Our biggest military secrets are there. When will people in government WAKE UP that the Chicoms are NOT our friends?

Anyone see the submarines and PLA navy take a cruise outside of Hong Kong today, in order to intimidate anyone there who dared think about maintaining democracy?

Cold war was never over for Beijing. They're just hiding in the shadows of the World Trade Center now and in our lust for Chinese concentration camp Walmart goodies.

[Neanderthal]

"the two diplomats were visiting New Mexico in preparation for a visit to Santa Fe by Chinese officials and suggested they may have been trying to find a local science museum . . . "

"My dog ate my homework" is a lot more plausible.

[Cyclops08]

"But Clinton said it was OK!"

[heleny]

consulate spokeswoman Xiao Mei ... suggested they may have been trying to find a local science museum.

Could she have offered a poorer coverup explanation?

You don't have to drive around, two states away from home, to find out if a museum exists. That's what guidebooks, such as those AAA offers, tour agencies, and travel sites on the internet are for.

Then again, the implausible statement comes from the same country that insisted a slow and steady EP-3 could execute a sudden maneuver to lunge into a much more nimble Chinese fighter jet (April 1, 2001).

[heleny]

Here's the Washington Times version

Excerpted here:
Chinese Diplomats Rush Past Lab Guards (Los Alamos)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1124556/posts

[Diogenesis]

"We paid for these buildings. We paid the Clintons already.
They are ours."

[skinkinthegrass]

"We paid for these buildings. We paid the Clintons already...They are ours."

..pretty close to the truth..DAMN the Klintoons, and their Ilk.