FBI blunders again
The FBI is going to waste more time and money
as it opens a new, wider investigation of espionage.
Somehow, a spy was able to send nuclear
technology to China. Originally, the FBI focused on only one suspect. The
case has stalled and no charges have been filed due to a lack of evidence,
according to the Thursday issue of the Los Angeles Times.
Sources close to the case say that allegations
of spying may not be accurate. The initial investigation focused only on
one Energy Department laboratory.
The FBI has admitted that it was not aware
how many people actually had access to the nuclear secrets.
The problem is not that the FBI has to
restart the case. The problem is that it has to start all over after three
years of investigation.
The FBI and the Energy Department have
been following this issue of national security for such a long time that
they should have started it case over when they realized the scope of the
investigation was so narrow.
Is this indicative of a Justice Department
that just keeps screwing up? This government office has been accused of
misconduct at the Waco, Texas shoot out at the Branch Davidian complex
in 1993.
Now it has blotched the investigation into
whether nuclear weapon secrets have been stolen from our nationís research
labs. How can we trust the FBI if it keeps on screwing up? And how can
we trust the justice department if it keeps covering for the FBI? |
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