Robert Perry, former Secy. of Defense.
That also means Bubba's ever faithful patron, Bernard Schwartz was on the list.
Playing National Security Games: The Karl Rove Mess-July 18, 2005
Excerpt:
Bernard Schwartz, Clinton pal and chairman of Loral Space & Communications, donated more than $1 million to the DNC, making him the committee’s largest donor. The Clinton administration with suspicious timing proceeded to, despite vehement warnings from his own intelligence and national security agencies, issue more than 350 waivers, largely beginning in 1996, to transfer American supercomputer technology to China. Before Clinton’s authorizations, China had received few clearances because those computers could be used to develop advanced nuclear weaponry.
In order to save money, Schwartz and Loral also taught China how to keep their rockets from crashing and basically shaved close to twenty years off their technology learning curve. China's rockets can now carry satellites into orbit and those same rockets can be quickly refitted to carry thermonuclear weaponry. Republicans screamed bloody murder, as these kind of careless, politically expedient decisions almost always tend to come back later and bite us in the ass.
So at one point Chinese missiles couldn't hit the side of a barn, then they were carrying sophisticated payloads into space, every time. China General Xiong soon after made headlines when he told a US academic: "Americans care more about Los Angeles than Taiwan." That in response to Clinton's sending two aircraft carriers to the western Pacific to counter Chinese missile tests off Taiwan.
Someone saw this coming and we’re now watching a who's-more-serious-about-national-security reality series. Certain people who thought they were in the clear, will have a lot of explaining to do when Taiwan issues their next middle finger to Beijing and we have to decide whether to back their independence or risk a nuclear confrontation and back off.
Joe and Valerie who…?