Maybe she was the leak that told the Times this garbledy-gook. Maybe they really hit the Chinese on purpose. Maybe Wesley Clark did it.
I've always been of that opinon!
In March of 1999 The New York Times had ChinaGate coverage of Win Ho Lee and the Cox committee was studying Chinese espionage (a report came out May 25th). In April Clinton had hosted the Chinese premier in agala state dinner. Loral. Technology transfers. Chinese campaign funds. All in all Clinton was catching a lot of flack about China.
On May 8th, The Embassy was bombed, the chinese populace demonstrated and Clinton's soft on China image disappeared!
Is this why the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division was put into action? to run a special OP?
What did Clinton know and when did he know?
I'm inclined to think they did hit it on purpose. I can find no other explanation. That it was a blunder is just too hard to believe.