http://www.petitiononline.com/GovBillR/petition.html
Bill Richardson summarily fired WHL without due process, ruining Lee's career and reputation and is widely believed to be responsible for leaking WHL's name to the press. Congressional Records state that his Energy Department requested solitary confinement and shackling of WHL, something Amnesty International called "unnecessarily punitive and contravene international human rights standards". Judge Parker specifically named the Department of Energy for misleading him in his open court apology to Wen Ho Lee. These three articles clearly show Dr. Lee was innocent and that he was singled out because of his Chinese ethnicity:
▸ Jude Wanniski memo to Bob Novak, Aug 9, 1999, Recapping the China Spy Story
▸ Bob Drogin, Sep 13, 2000, How FBI's Flawed Case Against Lee Unraveled
▸ Robert Scheer, Oct 23, 2000, How the NY Times convicted WHL
Here are more reasons why Gov. Richardson should not be confirmed by the Senate, besides his bungling of the Wen Ho Lee case.
▸ Pay for play investigation (Pay for play)
▸ Sexually harassed his Lt. Gov. (sexual harassment)
▸ Disloyal (Judas, quid pro quo)
▸ Lied to Congress and lied on his resume (lies)
▸ Will never be confirmed by the Senate (Sen. Byrd, confirmation chance)
▸ No ethics (situation ethics, self-promotional hack)
▸ Poor judgment (poor judgment)
▸ Give illegal immigrants amnesty and driver's licenses (immigration)
2 comments:
1. Wen Ho Lee downloaded documents that were classified, and outside the scope of his work (a violation of federal law);
2. Wen Ho Lee removed those classified documents from the work place (a violation of federal law);
3. Wen Ho Lee was confined and endured terrible treatment at the hands of the U.S. Marshal's and the FBI; Secretary Richardson had no control over the actions of the FBI or the Marshal's.
4. The plea bargain that was struck allowed Wen Ho Lee to plead guilty to one count; and the plea bargain was a direct result of the abuses he suffered in custody. Without those abuses, it is highly probable he would have faced much more serious charges, and an U.S. Attorney much less willing to deal;
5. Secretary Richardson's action only revolved around his employment, and was well within his bounds, given the admitted security violations of Wen Ho Lee;
6. Secretary Richardson would have taken the same actions, whether the employee's name was Lee, Smith, Gomez, or Sanchez;
7. Wen Ho Lee did, in fact, plead guilty, and stated he was doing so because he was guilty and for no other reason; and
8. If Secretary Richardson erred, he did so to protect classified materials at one of our most sensitive nuclear facilities; and Secretary Richardson's actions only resulted in the termination of Lee's employment, not his time or treatment in custody, or subsequent conviction.
Evelio:
You really need to learn the facts. The data WHL downloaded was equivalent to a graduate course. It was not classified as secret, but were listed as "PARD" (protect as restricted data). Richardson subsequently raised the classification after learning WHL had downloaded it. Read this article by Robert Scheer. http://nobillrichardson.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Scheer.
Lots of Lab employees did what WHL did -- downloading data from secured computers -- and have never been charged. Former CIA Director John Deutch did even more, allowed his family to use his laptop full of classified information, to surf the Internet for porn. Deutch was never prosecuted.
There were no U.S. nuclear secrets to protect, not in this WHL case anyway.
Congressional Records clearly showed the Department of Energy requested, and the State Department approved, the way WHL was treated while incarcerated.
It is so clear that WHL was framed by Bill Richardson and was innocent. Why would the Government one day alleged that he is a terrorist and the next day released him without supervision? His treatment had nothing to do with the plea agreement. Judge Parker apologized to WHL because he knew WHL was a political scapegoat. The US Attorney knew he had no case. The government lied to and threatened WHL and lied to the judge. All these have been clearly documented.
Read the Congressional Records and the declaration by Robert Vrooman that WHL was singled out because of his ethnicity. That is not within Richardson's bounds. Vrooman was not the only former government official who said that. Charles Washington also said the same thing.
Don't be naive that Richardson would treat everyone the same. He acknowledged he opposed forcing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to step down because Gonzales is a fellow Hispanic.
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