Taiwan-Gate - Bigger Than Enron

Why aren't we hearing more about THIS?


http://www.onlinejournal.com/

April 1, 2002 "In an ever-widening scandal
involving a Taiwanese government secret
"slush fund," the purpose of which was to
covertly influence other countries' (including
the United States and Japan) politics,
leaked Taiwanese government documents
name two Bush appointees as receiving
money from this "slush fund" for services,
including convincing Bush to agree to $4
billion worth of sophisticated arms sales to
Taiwan.

(snip)


TAINTED LOBBYISTS: Recent revelations about secret NSB funds
being used to influence US policy toward Taiwan may damage the
nation's defenders in the US
By Charles Snyder
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT

Washington supporters of Taiwan are concerned
that further disclosures from the National
Security Bureau spy scandal could possibly taint those who speak up
for Taiwan in the US
capital, a senior Taiwanese politician has been
told.

Presidential senior advisor Yao Chia-wen
(«À¹Å¤å) received that message during two
days of talks with US think tanks and
congressional aides during a stopover in
Washington.

Fear of what's to come

While the congressional staffers were not
concerned over what has been revealed so far
about Taiwan's efforts to influence US political opinion with slush
funds set up under former president Lee Teng-hui (§õµn½÷), they say
they may be increasingly concerned as new
information, including the names of those
involved, became public, Yao was told.

Yao was the first senior Taiwanese official to
go to Washington and seek opinions on the
scandal since it broke.

During his trip, Yao told reporters toward the
end of his two days in Washington, he called his wife in Taiwan and
was told that more details of the scandal were certain to come out.
There was concern in Washington that the revelation of the names of
the people involved would compromise intelligence sources.
(snip)

So far, only the names of two officials of the
George W. Bush administration have been
publicly implicated in the scandal; Carl W.
Ford, Jr., the assistant secretary of defense for intelligence and
research and James Kelly, the assistant secretary of state of East
Asia.
(more)

Another must read about this scandal. Make sure your favorite
pundits and columnists as well as your Senator and Congressperson is
aware of this story. It could be the
issue that allows Democrats to take over the House and Senate
and impeach Bush/Cheney


This excerpt is from the FBI website, it's their official definition
of "Domestic Terrorists":


The FBI views domestic terrorism as the unlawful use, or threatened
use, of violence by a group or individual that is based and operating
entirely within the United States or its territories without foreign
direction and which is committed against persons or property with the
intent of intimidating or coercing a government or its population in
furtherance of political or social objectives.

B]"NSB funds being used to influence US policy toward Taiwan..."[/B]

Sounds like this applies to those memnbers of our government that are
involved.


This is the FBI's Official "International Terrorist" definition:

"International terrorism involves violent acts, or acts dangerous to
human life, that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United
States or any state, or that would be a criminal violation if
committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state,
and which are intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population,
influence the police of a government, or affect the conduct of a
government.

Acts of international terrorism transcend national boundaries in
terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the intended
persons they appear to intimidate, or the locale in which the
perpetrators operate."

"Taiwan's efforts to influence US political opinion with slush
funds..."

Sounds like they qualify.


"There was concern in Washington that the revelation of the names of
the people involved would compromise intelligence sources"

Sounds like the people in our government who are involved in this are
pretty high up.

I would like to know more about this. If it's true we can start
prosecuting these terrorists.