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Cases like Lee's are typical when political interests supercede the rule of law. Since 1996, the Clinton administration has been rightly criticized for its lackadaisical manner concerning Chinese gathering of American secrets. The 900-page Cox Report, unanimously approved by the bipartisan House Intelligence Committee, put enormous pressure on the White House to act. When political winds are swirling, the ability to conduct a thorough investigation is, to be sure, difficult. But to single out just one employee and saddle him with the blame is inexcusable. Even more worrisome is suspicion that Lee, a naturalized American citizen, was targeted...
Postponing plans in Washington to release a report on religious freedom, Albright flew to New York earlier than planned--a switch adding to the chaos for airport and traffic officials coping with the arrival of 149 world leaders. Clinton delayed talks with Vietnamese President TRAN DUC LUONG to remain for Khatami's address. As for Khatami, he agreed to show up at the U.N. six hours earlier than scheduled to hear Clinton's speech and--with Annan's help--to jump from 39th to 4th in the speaking order, so that Clinton would not have to wait long to reciprocate...
...used to be that foreign affairs and national security were taboo topics for partisan potshots.? Not this year; instead of stopping at the water's edge, politics in Washington is plunging off the deep end. This Wednesday, the House Republican leadership's Policy Committee will produce a 209-page report pillorying the Clinton administration for its handling of Russia. The main target? Al Gore, who gets two chapters all to himself - one concerning the bilateral commission he chaired with former Russian prime minister and Gazprom magnate Viktor Chernomyrdin, the other on the "barnyard epithet" Gore reportedly scrawled across...
...Samuel Gejdenson, top Democrat on the House International Relations committee, fumes that the Republican-only exercise "is a completely partisan hatchet job." And even moderate Republicans from the International Relations ?ommittee say they were kept at arm's length because the report's authors, under the leadership of California representative Christopher Cox, "get nervous when you try to inject some truth into the proceedings." Gore's foreign policy advisor, Leon Fuerth, declined to speak with TIME about the report, his staff complaining they had no access...
...what of politics stopping at the water's edge? Cox shrugs off charges the report is partisan - "Of course it is!" he crows. But reports like this one are more likely to damage their authors' reputations than the electoral chances of their intended targets...