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| Sep 13, 2000 | Contact: Press Office 202-646-5172 |
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Notra Trulock Fights Back (Washington, DC) Today the Clinton-Gore Justice Department entered into a plea agreement with nuclear physicist Wen Ho Lee, the man who was accused of perhaps the largest breach of U.S. national security in American history. Importantly, the plea agreement resulted after Judicial Watch’s client, Notra Trulock, the former Energy Department head of counterintelligence, was accused falsely of singling out Mr. Lee for investigation on the basis of his Asian-American heritage. Judicial Watch, which represents Chinagate whistleblower Johnny Chung, would be the first to defend the rights of any Asian-Americans who were wrongly singled out by the Clinton-Gore Administration for prosecution, while Caucasians in the White House, such as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and others, get off scot free. However, the attacks against Notra Trulock constitute not only a vicious use of the “race card,” but a convenient way to deflect scrutiny from the allegations against Wen Ho Lee and others in the Clinton-Gore Administration. For this reason, on behalf of Notra Trulock, Judicial Watch filed a defamation lawsuit against Wen Ho Lee yesterday. It is neither just nor fair to try to “save one’s own skin” by improperly smearing another,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. “The hard fact is that prior to his plea agreement, Mr. Lee could still not account for the missing tapes containing alleged nuclear secrets,” added Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “There is something that is not quite right here. When Mr. Lee and the Clinton-Gore Administration are exonerated and Mr. Trulock – who alerted the nation to the largest breach of national security in American history – is defamed, defiled, and persecuted, our justice system has truly broken down. We are committed to righting these wrongs!” added Klayman. |
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