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My guess is that some patriotic AD contractor thought (quite plausibly) "Gee, this powerful software might help turn up espionage or losses of sensitive technologies, let's see what we can find." They probably thought they were doing a great demo for the Pentagon to say "look at what else this super-duper software can do for you!" Unfortunately for them, and the country, they came up with all sorts of Clinton and DNC officials tied to shady deals with China, and the DOD Clinton/Gorelick lawyers freaked out and shut down the whole program. [raising Condi Rice's name in this context has been an obvious smokescreen -- in 2000 she had not been in power and could not have been involved in shady dealings with China -- but plenty of Democrats were!!!!]

OK, let's say it was a gee whiz mistake. Here's what I don't get... The contractor puts on the show and rather than getting praise, he gets horrified looks and... and what? Is he asked to destroy the software? Or the information? Who was he? What's his company? What happened to him? Are you saying world data on the Chinese connections to the dems has been destroyed - not just the software to uncover the connections? And by the Pentagon? Who was in charge when this happened? The man who worked security at the WTC was pushed out of the FBI and he was their big UBL specialist. That happened around the same time. What was that connection? UBL was big on drug dealing -- and had billions. And was involved with us in Afghanistan at some point. Was there a Clinton connection there?

"The contractor puts on the show and rather than getting praise, he gets horrified looks and... and what? Is he asked to destroy the software? Or the information? Who was he?"

We're far from having all the details, but we are told that a contractor named James Smith says not only was the contract abruptly terminated but he was fired from his company because of the DOD's frenzied response to the chart on loss of sensitive technologies to China:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473116/posts?page=184#184 Sources said the private contractors, using sophisticated computer software that sifts through massive amounts of raw data to establish patterns, came up with a chart of Chinese strategic and business connections in the U.S. -snip- The China chart was put together by James Smith, who confirmed yesterday that his contract with the military was canceled and he was fired from his company because the military brass became concerned about the focus on U.S. citizens. -snip- "It was shut down in a matter of hours. The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "

Here's what I don't get... The contractor puts on the show and rather than getting praise, he gets horrified looks and...

DOD Regulations a the time (may be different now!) precluded the collection (for use) of information regarding US Persons.

The "for use" clause is important!!

The military was not prohibited from receiving information regarding US Persons, but, unless a clear and compelling case could be made otherwise, it could neither retain nor dissemminate the data!

The military could NOT pursue an active investigation of a US Person.

This alls means, if YOU were to walk in to an MI office and provide information regarding a US Person being involved in Espionage or Terrorism, MI could pass that info to the FBI (upon approval from the lawyers and the AG). They could NOT attempt to obtain any further information independantly!

To make matters even worse, if, during the course of an investigation, it becomes clear that US Persons are involved, the investigation STOPS! The results to that point are reviewed and passed to the FBI (via the AG).

Finally, although I would LOVE to pin this on Gorelick & the Clinton Administration - 90% of these restrictions were already in place during the Reagan Administration! Gorelick merely created an even HIGHER hurdle (for whatever nefarious reasons!!). This is the legacy of Hoover & the Vietnam Era.