EXERPT: "On Feb. 6, 1996, Ron Brown met with Wang Jun, chairman of the Chinese army-owned arms company Poly Technologies. That same day, Wang also attended a White House coffee with Charlie Trie who also donated several thousand dollars to the DNC. President Clinton was host for the coffee. Trie is his old "friend" in the Clinton-Gore White House spin machine language -- with friend meaning a source of cash.
Nolanda Hill testified that Beijing arms dealer Wang and Brown discussed lowering satellite export controls. She warned Brown to stay away from Wang, who travelled the globe on an official Chinese diplomatic passport. That same day, Feb. 6, 1996, President Clinton approved the launch of four more U.S. satellites on Chinese army rockets. Later in 1996, Clinton also approved the full export of Loral's Globalstar system, including a complete encrypted satellite telemetry control center to be constructed outside Beijing.
In April 1996, Brown died in a trade flight to the former Yugoslavia. Sockowitz also was scheduled to fly with Secretary Brown but a last minute change forced him to miss that fatal flight. Instead, immediately after Ron Brown died Sockowitz walked out of the Commerce Department, unchecked, with over 2,000 pages of secret documents.
The death of the secretary came as a blow to the criminal investigations of Ron Brown's Commerce Department. It was well known that a special prosecutor was preparing heavy evidence of corruption. Brown's death stopped that investigation just before the 1996 election.
Despite the security breach, the Reno Justice Department and FBI Director Freeh decided there is no case against Sockowitz. The Commerce Department's inspector general also decided against a probe. Sockowitz claimed his reasons for taking the files were innocent and his claims were taken without question. No federal law enforcement official has ever questioned Ira Sockowitz."
Hmmmmmm, interesting...MUD