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Posted on 01/28/2007 3:50:54 PM PST by Graybeard58
During the Cold War, Western leaders characterized communist China's armed forces as long on manpower and short on military technology. Jan. 11, a perfectly aimed Chinese missile blew an old weather satellite to smithereens, demonstrating that China has potential to wage modern, high-tech war. What happened in the interim is a scandal that makes Watergate, Monicagate and all the other -gates look like spitting-on-the-sidewalk offenses.
During the 1996 presidential election campaign, the Democratic National Committee under then-General Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (yes, that Chris Dodd) accepted large, laundered contributions from the Red Chinese and from U.S. industrialists eager to enrich themselves via technology transfers to China. That same year, the Clinton administration helpfully shifted authority to approve such transfers from the State Department, which opposed them, to the Commerce Department, which thought they were just fine.
As the bipartisan Cox Report documented in 1999, Chinese spies were busy stealing secrets from federal nuclear-weapons research laboratories during the same period. The Cox Report focused on these thefts. Later, the government successfully prosecuted Loral Space and Communications Corp. and Hughes Electronics Corp. on the grounds they illegally transferred weapons technology to China.
The Center for Responsive Politics reports "Loral CEO Bernard L. Schwartz was the single largest individual donor to the Democrats (during the 1996 campaign cycle). Since 1995, Schwartz and his wife Irene contributed $1,122,000 to federal campaigns, of which $1,089,750 went to Democratic candidates and party committees."
We noted in a May 1999 editorial, "There is mounting evidence that weapons technology the Chinese would have spent decades developing is now securely in their hands. ... It's just a matter of time before China makes its move." In those pre-9/11 days, some may have dismissed that forecast as hyperbole. Not any more.
China's capacity to fulfill its longstanding quest to engulf democratic Taiwan, sell advanced weapons to U.S. adversaries and engage in other international mischief is demonstrably greater than it was during the brief, squandered interregnum between the Cold War and the current conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
As Sen. Dodd well knows, Vladimir Lenin once said, "The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." But the verdict of history should fall most heavily on the corrupt political leaders who made the sale possible.
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Wrong. It's all aboout clinton. In the 80's China was often used to launch satelites because it was cheaper. But in 1989 Sen. algore wrote up legislation sanctioning against doing so due to the tiannamon square deal. Loral did it anyway in 1996. A major crash occurred. An investigation was ordered and the justice dept was about to prosecute (Loral gave the report to china which advanced their program immensely and is a criminal offense)However bj ordered ANOTHER launch!! He was advised NOT to do so. Ordered the transfer from State dept to Commerce at the request of Bernard Schwartz, prez of Loral, and #1 campaign donor to clinton/gore (at the tune of 1 million bucks).
Thanks to bill, china got all kinds of info that now--today--places them way up there in technology and can now shoot down OUR satellites.
Last week they shot down a weather satelite with a ballistic missile thanks to this advanced info.
It's all thanks to bill clinton!!
You can't really believe that. The corporation is supposed to have the ethics and the politician not? You have everything ass backward my friend.
If you trust the GOP to safeguard key US industries from being replaced or sold to overseas, you have a lot to learn about trusting politicians and the major political parties. Remember the Dubai port deal and Chinese desire to buy Conoco Oil. If I recall, GWB supported the foregin buyers/Wall Street who broker the deals. Everybody after Bush 41 was trying to convert military to commercial usage (peace dividend) and globalism/free trade was starting to ramp up in our high tech sectors. The training of overseas low cost high tech alternatives started under the Clinton admin, that by the end of his 8 years and the beginning of GWB admin, the US was off shoring high tech jobs, and starting to import H-1B workers, just to illustrate that the selling off of America occurs under Dems and GOP. The issue with Loral was not national security but how to keep the US number one in the commercial satellite business. Remember the European Space Agency was competing with the US to help telecom companies launch satellites into space. Loral was trying to maintain the lead by using low cost Chinese rockets. Dole is a pro NAFTA type, and if Loral presents the case as necessary tech waiver to maintain US dominance in the satellite launch businesss/telecom the chances are very high that even Dole would relent. I have worked with the DoD Tech Export groups. You should see the types of letters of protest on out tech export limits from the very large corporations, claiming many of our limits are too strict, out of date and insinuate that the DoD is toooo dire and paranoid about our potential advesaries. Dole may not give in the first term, but Loral will be coming around with the donations for the second term, and I assure you a waiver would be granted in the second term.
In a waitress sandwhich, is Kennedy the pickleloaf and Rye & Dodd the pork roast & Cuban bread?
I can't imagine that Dodd will become President. I do look forward to his departure from the Senate.
Children! Children! Listen up. Technology transfers to China began with Kissinger over-riding the government's decision to keep China from a milling machine that made ultra-precise ball bearings used for precision guidance. This is from memory, folks. Sorry. It was a long time ago. Teachery is bipartisan and all about the money.
Toshiba did something similar for submarine blades, as I recall.
Senator Dud, the co-bagman with Don Fowler that scooped up the illegal campaign funds for Slick Willie and his Bride! However, since Dud is a member of the Bob and Billie Club (formerly U.S. Senate), he got a pass and Fowler took the rap!
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NEVER FORGET
Then DNC Chairman Sen. CHRIS DODD =
Receiver of $400,000 in Communist Vietnam Army Money that was personally picked up by then CLINTON Commerce Secretary RON BROWN
RON BROWN then personally smashed into a European hill just before he was scheduled to tell an investigating Congress and the American People about all this on National TV UNDER OATH.
For...
'It's the TV, Stupid, no matter WHO pays for it'
...has always been the CLINTONS lifetime M.O.
NEVER FORGET
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Just a reminder.
Since teh MSM "forgets" such thongs. Er, things as they look for corrupt in "all" the right places.
We know that. There were sanctions laid down tho against China, and clinton ignored it for the cash.
Are you really suggesting that the fact Scwhartz donated millions to bj's campaign had NOTHING to do with bypassing the sanctions AND prosecution of Loral for turning over the report.
That report and subsequent launch doubled China's ability to lauch more advanced rockets which is what we are now facing today as a result.
I think the entire Clinton administration should be hanged for treason. I hope that suffices.
I am also disgusted with Congress for ignoring this in favor of a stained dress, for never acting on anything important to national security. Both parties. Yes, the Democrats are far worse. Worse than bad does not make bad good.
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Thanks for the heads up... I'll ping the CT list.
Connecticut ping!
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If Bianca Jagger hears about you spreading this totally unfounded waitress rumor, Chris could be in big trouble ... and you, too!
If Bianca Jagger hears about you spreading this totally unfounded waitress rumor, Chris could be in big trouble ... and you, too!
Chris Dodd was also one of the chief sponsors of "Tort Reform" legislation that led to the accounting scandals. Clinton actually vetoed that legislation; but Dodd led the effort to override the veto.
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