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 For Immediate Release
Nov 14, 1997 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5172


WOODWARD REPORTS HUANG AND HSIA LIKELY CHINESE AGENTS

REVELATION THAT CLINTON JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WITHELD EVIDENCE FURTHER EXAMPLE OF POSSIBLE ATTEMPTED COVER-UP

Discovery Also Underscores How Thompson Hearings Failed

Today, in response to the front page story of Bob Woodward, showing Chinese espionage in the 1996 elections through possible Chinese agents John Huang and Maria Hsia, Larry Klayman, Chairman of Judicial Watch, the group that uncovered and deposed Huang, and sparked the campaign finance scandal, issued the following statement.

"Bob Woodward's excellent reporting, showing that the Clinton Justice Department (which includes the FBI) sat on intelligence information implicating John Huang and Maria Hsai as Chinese agents, shows that the current investigative failures of both the Clinton Justice Department and the Thompson Committee may be more than simple bungling. One must ask if there is a concerted government effort to cover-up the full extent of the scandal, in light of the likelihood that U.S. national security interests have been compromised. Obviously, in allowing this to possibly happen, both the White House and Congressional oversight committees bear responsibility.

This scenario is buttressed by the fact that to this date John Huang has not been questioned, much more called before any grand jury or Congressional committee. As will be apparent later today when Johnny Chung is called before the Burton Committee, when challenged witnesses will not take the Fifth Amendment, as this would present a public relations debacle for the Clinton White House. Moreover, as John Huang has already testified before Judicial Watch, a credible legal argument can be made that he cannot take the Fifth, as he has waived it.

In short, there is something here that does not meet the eye," added Klayman. "Why have the Clinton Justice Department and Congressional committees laid off Huang? Could this be related to Woodward's revelations and what do they know about Huang that they are not telling us?," added Klayman.



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