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As the strike by contract workers entered the 12th day on Monday, GVK–EMRI, the private agency that runs the emergency 108 Arogya Kavacha services, terminated 197 employees.
While the list of terminated employees was not disclosed, the company warned that those who do not return to work immediately will face "similar termination orders".
Workers, both emergency medical technicians (staff nurses) and pilots (drivers), received SMSs about this at noon. In the evening, the strike was still on and workers continued to camp at the Freedom Park, where many of them are on fast. Simultaneously, the company reportedly issued similar orders in Andhra Pradesh too, where workers have been on strike on similar grounds for over 19 days.
The State government had, in an order on August 2, prohibited the strike and referred the dispute for adjudication at the first Labour Court under the Industrial Disputes Act. Workers were informed of this by the local police on Sunday. While the Karnataka Rajya Arogya Kavacha Sangha has insisted that they will remain on strike until the matter of wages and regularisation is settled, the company has said it is not open to negotiation anymore as "all options have been exhausted".
A labour official said that the strike has been prohibited as conciliation efforts by the government failed. "Now the matter is in court and both the workers and the company should respect that. The State cannot intervene in the matter anymore," the official said.
While termination could have been avoided, the workmen are in violation of the government's prohibition order, the official said.
S.S. Perveez, Head of Marketing, GVK-EMRI, said: "We were left with no choice but to resort to this action. We had asked them to engage in dialogue with us but it did not work out. Since it is an emergency service, we have to keep things going."
Asked if it was legal to unilaterally terminate the services of so many workers, he said that it had been "cleared by the Human Resource Department".
He also said that 25 per cent workers had returned to work, and that the company believed the others would turn up over the next two days.
Speaking to The Hindu, S. Prasanna Kumar of the Centre of Indian Trade Union, which has supported the strike call by the employees, said that the government was not acting in the interests of the workers.
PIL filed
A public interest litigation (PIL) petition was filed in the Karnataka High Court on Monday seeking direction to the State government to ensure immediate restoration of ambulance services, which has been affected owing to the employee strike.
In his petition, Kodur Venkatesh of Arise India Foundation contended that the strike had severely affected rural areas and sought a direction to the Health and Family Welfare Department and the private firm, which is handling the 108 ambulance service under the public-private partnership project.
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When it comes to moms spending time with their kids, quality trumps quality, a new study by U.S. and Canadian researchers has found.
Are you raising a narcissist?
Hey, loving your children is good but thinking they're better and more special than other children – God's gift to the world – could ultimately backfire.
Kids from single-mom families do just as well: Study
It's your mom's education that matters, according to a large study from Brescia University College and Western University in London, Ont.
Baby formula poses arsenic risk: Study
U.S. researchers have discovered another benefit of breastfeeding.
Pizza days boost kids' calorie and fat intake
On any given day, a large proportion of kids and adolescents eat pizza - and on those days, they tend to eat more calories, saturated fat and sodium than they do on other days, according to data collected over the past decade in the U.S.
Babies learn best right before nap time: Study
Babies nap a lot — and for good reason, according to a new U.K. study.
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Parents are dialled in on teen's first phone
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Parents let younger and younger children view sex, violence in films: Study
Parents can quickly become "desensitized" to sex and violence in movies, which makes them more willing to permit younger children to watch the same content, a new U.S. study says.
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Another NFL football star is in the news for abuse – this time for beating a young child.
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GALVESTON As many as 16 people were inside an elevator Wednesday morning at the prison hospital when it fell about 3 feet, a fire official said. No major injuries were reported.
The elevator s braking system stopped the lift at the ground floor of the University of Texas Medical Branch tower at 301 University Blvd. in Galveston. The tower houses a hospital for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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New School Lunch Guidelines Take Effect This FallAugust 21, 2012 12:41 pm
New Agriculture Department guidelines for school lunches will take effect this fall, including the first national calorie and sodium limits for what can be served on lunch lines. Here is a look at what the new guidelines require, according to the School Nutrition Association.
Corn Harvest Ahead Of ScheduleAugust 21, 2012 12:39 pm | by DAVID PITT,Associated Press
One of the worst growing seasons most U.S. farmers can remember is coming to an end with a corn harvest that's at least three weeks early thanks to an unusually warm spring and suffocating summer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday in its weekly crop progress report that 4 percent of the corn harvest is complete. Normally, just 1 percent of the crop is in at this point in August.
Calif. Legislature Considers Farmworker Overtime BillAugust 21, 2012 12:36 pm | by DON THOMPSON,Associated Press
California farmworkers would be paid overtime after working an eight-hour day or 40 hours in a week, the same as other non-management employees, under a bill approved by the state Senate on Monday over the objections of Republican lawmakers.
Va. Celebrates Craft Beer IndustryAugust 21, 2012 12:34 pm | by MICHAEL FELBERBAUM,AP Business Writer
From industrial outskirts of Richmond to the pastoral landscapes of the Blue Ridge Mountains and beyond, an army of artisans is turning their love of beer into business.Armed with an arsenal of barley and hops, these craft brewers are looking to cash in on a growing interest in all things local, including alcoholic libations. And recent changes to state law are helping craft brewers grow their business.
UN Calls On Nations To Adopt Drought PoliciesAugust 21, 2012 12:32 pm | by JOHN HEILPRIN,Associated Press
The world urgently needs to adopt drought-management policies as farmers from Africa to India struggle with lack of rainfall and the United States endures the worst drought it has experienced in decades, top officials with the U.N. weather agency said today.
Consumer Trends: Back-To-School BreakfastsAugust 21, 2012 12:30 pm
"Back to School" is another kind of New Year, and Canadian kids can benefit from a resolution for a healthier start to the day. New polling from the Heart and Stroke Foundation found that while the majority of Canadian parents recognize what constitutes a healthy breakfast, they face challenges getting their kids to eat one.
Lettuce Recalled For E. ColiAugust 21, 2012 9:56 am
A Northern California produce supplier said Sunday it is voluntarily recalling romaine lettuce that was shipped to 19 states, Puerto Rico and Canada over fears about possible E. coli contamination. Salinas-based Tanimura & Antle said the recall is limited to a single lot of its Field Fresh Wrapped Single Head Romaine that was available at retail stores starting Aug. 2.
School Lunch 101August 21, 2012 9:55 am | by KRISTEN WYATT,Associated Press
At a School Nutrition Association conference in Denver this summer, food workers heard tips about how to get children to make healthy food choices in the cafeteria. The problem is a serious one for the nation's lunch-line managers, who are implementing the biggest update to federal school-food guidelines in 15 years.
ConAgra Closes $267M Deal With UnileverAugust 21, 2012 9:51 am
ConAgra Foods closed on its $267 million acquisition of the Bertolli and P.F. Chang's frozen meals businesses.ConAgra announced the deal with previous owner, Unilever, in July. Unilever said that the sale was a part of a broader initiative to get out of the frozen foods business.
Final Hostess Offer Would Slash WagesAugust 21, 2012 9:49 am
Hostess Brands Inc.'s final contract offer to certain union members includes lowering wages and commissions by 8 percent in the first year of a five-year contract. The company is also considering the possible sale of its Merita brand. In a letter sent to all Hostess workers Monday, President and CEO Gregory Rayburn says that the wage cut would apply to everyone at the Irving, Texas, company, including management.
Feds Shut Down Slaughterhouse After Abuse VideoAugust 21, 2012 9:47 am | by TRACIE CONE,Associated Press
Federal regulators have shut down a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving undercover video showing dairy cows — some unable to walk — being repeatedly shocked and shot before being slaughtered. Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which inspects meat facilities, suspended operations Monday at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, Calif., which slaughters cows when they lose their value as milk producers.
Photo Of The Day: Excited About EggsAugust 21, 2012 9:44 am
A recent study found that when people ate high-quality protein foods for breakfast they had a greater sense of sustained fullness throughout the day.Eggs are also one of the few natural foods that provides a good source of vitamin D, which helps grow strong bones.
Calif. Lawmakers Mull Tougher Heat Rules For FarmworkersAugust 20, 2012 1:00 pm | by GOSIA WOZNIACKA,Associated Press
With temperatures in the Central Valley recently surpassing 110 degrees and state regulators investigating two possible heat-related deaths in the fields, the California legislature is considering new laws that would strengthen rules for protecting farmworkers from heat.
McCormick Buys Bouillon Maker For $141MAugust 20, 2012 12:59 pm
Spice and flavoring maker McCormick & Co. said Monday that it reached a deal to buy China's Wuhan Asia-Pacific Condiments Co. for about $141 million.The deal, which must be approved by regulators, is expected to close in mid-2013.
Potato Chip Factory Gets Fresh StartAugust 20, 2012 12:57 pm | by GEORGE HOHMANN,Charleston Daily Mail
Mister Bee Potato Chip Co. shut down in November 2011 and filed for bankruptcy protection. But now the factory is buzzing again, and the new owners and their young management team are focused on growing market share and standardizing the company's products.
Colo. Cantaloupe Growers Rebound After OutbreakAugust 20, 2012 12:55 pm | by KRISTEN WYATT,Associated Press
Nearly a year after tainted cantaloupes from southeast Colorado sickened hundreds and caused a nationwide melon scare, farmers in Rocky Ford are celebrating a strong crop and high prices.But the effects of last year's listeria outbreak are still being felt by people who grow the melons with a distinct sweetness thanks to the area's hot, sunny days and cold nights.
Egg Groups Fight Against Cholesterol StudyAugust 20, 2012 12:53 pm
A recent study concluded that regular consumption of egg yolks should be avoided by those at risk for cardiovascular disease. According to the American Egg Board and the Egg Nutrition Center, these findings are surprising and contradict more than 40 years of research demonstrating that healthy adults can enjoy eggs without significantly impacting their risk of heart disease.
Consumer Trends: Channel Surfing Dominates Shopper BehaviorAugust 20, 2012 12:48 pm
"The days of shopping trips to one store just to fill the pantry are long gone," says Laurie Demeritt, The Hartman Group's president and COO. "For today's consumers, shopping is very much in constant motion; it's a virtual 24-hour, seven-day-a-week activity. The consumer is now in total control of the shopping process, not the manufacturer or the retailer."
Heineken Raises Bid For Tiger BeerAugust 20, 2012 9:52 am
Dutch brewer Heineken NV has raised its bid for a controlling stake in Tiger Beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries to $4.47 billion, hoping to ward off a rival bid.Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave agreed early Saturday to sell its 39.7 percent stake in APB to Heineken, which would give the Dutch brewer 81.6 percent of APB.
Indiana Melons Linked To Deadly Salmonella OutbreakAugust 20, 2012 9:50 am
Health officials in Indiana and Kentucky say they are investigating farms, distributors and retailers after an outbreak of salmonella that has killed two and sickened at least 141 people nationwide was linked to cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana.


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An Evans man was sentenced to prison Thursday after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide for a 2010 wreck that killed a Grovetown woman.
Daniel Edwin Morales, 40, pled guilty to first degree vehicular homicide related to reckless driving and serious injury by vehicle in connection to the November 2010 wreck in which Phyllis Autry, 54, died and her husband, Paul Autry, was seriously injured.
Columbia County employees are planning a cookout fundraiser for hospitalized Elections Director Deborah Marshall.
The cookout, announced Thursday morning, will be held June 8 behind the Columbia County Library in Evans and is open to the public. Hamburger or hot dog lunches will be available for $5, and additional donations will be encouraged for the Marshall family.
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Destructive senior pranks aren't limited to just Greenbrier High School.
The keyholes to more than 80 exterior door locks at Howard Middle and Howard High schools near Macon, Ga., were glued shut earlier this month as part of a senior prank. Repairs to the locks will cost about $10,000, according to a news story in The Macon Telegraph.
A Grovetown man was recently arrested after his stepson accused him of molesting him.
Ronald Wade Stanley, 44, of the 400 block of Millwater Court, was charged with aggravated child molestation and sexual exploitation of children.
Valedictorians from Columbia County's high schools are perfecting their speeches in preparation for Saturday's graduation ceremonies.
This time 23 years ago, Navy Commander Adam Palmer was in the same situation, writing the speech he'd give as Lakeside High School's first valedictorian in 1989.
From that moment, Palmer never fathomed the depths to which his career would sink.
In a ceremony this past fall, Palmer took the helm of the U.S.S. West Virginia – a nuclear-powered, ballistic missile submarine, also known as SSBN 736.
Justin Crozier considers himself a natural at goalkeeper.
But the Evans High School senior just found his calling to soccer a little more than two years ago.
At a signing ceremony Thursday, Crozier committed to play for Mercer University.
"It's surprising," Crozier said of being asked to play at a Division 1 school.
As a sophomore, Crozier, 18, started playing soccer with friends.
"Then I started getting into playing in the goal; just started picking it up once I realized I was just a natural with it," Crozier said.
• A Lakeside Middle School pupil went before the school system hearing officer on May 1, 2012, for an accumulation of offenses and was expelled for the remainder of this school year and the first semester of next school year.
• A Columbia County Alternative School student went before the hearing officer on May 1, 2012, for truancy and was expelled for the remainder of this school year.
The Columbia County School Board said Tuesday they might look to the county government for help solving their budget woes.
The county Tax Commissioner's Office charges the school system 2.5 percent of taxes collected on its behalf each school year.
The board agreed during a budget study session to send a letter to county commissioners asking them to cut that percentage.
Superintendent Charles Nagle told the board that just half a percent cut would save the school system nearly $400,000.
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I want to open a .pdf file in in richTextBox using C#.Net,(Window
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What's crystal clear is that tiers are bad for utilities in the long run.
Because of California's ultraexpensive push into wind and solar power, the overall cost of providing electricity has increased at several times the rate of inflation for years.
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|Reviews for Tainted Blood
| Saria chapter 19 . 9/3/2012
Hulk strength . . .
"Puny God . . ."
End of Flashback
Anyways, SCHOOL SUCKS ASS. CORRECTION: HIGH SCHOOL SUCKS ASS. Well, me and my ten friends get into trouble every day . . . and today I got detention for saying the word stupid in class. That is fucked up.
| Saria chapter 18 . 9/1/2012
Wasn't there another chapter? Hmm . . . hope it gets up soon
| Tori chapter 19 . 8/29/2012
So . . . Mister Zero does have a bad side! Being bossy, hahahaha.
Yay. At least there's a level-headed one out of them all. That's not ... deranged.
| booklover1698 chapter 19 . 8/29/2012
So, will Koji make it? I hope soo! And what about Zero?! Whyyyy? Update soon!
| booklover1698 chapter 18 . 8/25/2012
Great chapter! I loved it! Update soon!
| Tori chapter 18 . 8/25/2012
Aw, poor Sea Bass... Betrayed by his wifey. Lol, major gay-ness/man love going on with Seabastian and Stark! Lillie needs to put Stark in a straitjacket for his birthday... Or Chritsmas. Poor Stark. Wonder how he'll react when Sebastian confesses his undying love to him!
Loki, you've lost your mind. How does it feel to get a taste of your own medicine, huh?
YES. LOKI IS AMAZING. Took you long enough, Lil.
Caleb... Eating your enemies makes you seem more and more like the animal you are. That's not how you attract girls. Maybe wolf girls but the sane girls do not like a guy that may eat them when they are sleeping. Lol, I crack myself up.
| Saria chapter 18 . 8/25/2012
Hah . . . loved The Hunger Games. Hope they make the next part soon.
Anyways, I thought that being a guardian was a good thing, instead of the fucking insane part when your "master" gets to control you . . . what's so bad about it? Just curious.
Wow. Caleb, you really are insane. You bit this stranger dude in the shoulder and hacked a chunk of meat right off of him. You lunatic!
| booklover1698 chapter 17 . 8/24/2012
AWESOMAZING chapter! Udate soon!
| FamishedNight chapter 17 . 8/23/2012
Awesome Chapter! Loved It!
| Saria chapter 17 . 8/22/2012
Hmm . . . well, looks like Caleb and Zero are having troubles. At least Stark's doing alright. Loki seems to be having trouble . . . Whoa, Lil, you have the Reaper to deal with!
I think.
I bet this is when she gets discovered by hell. Oh, and don't forget to include a few of the human characters and their daily stupidity about unicorns later on.
| Tori chapter 17 . 8/22/2012
Stupid school uniform . . . WHAT KIND OF TEACHER FREAKIN GIVES OUT MORNING DETENTION FOR HAVING YOUR FUCKING SHIRT UNTUCKED? AND I JUST FREAKIN CAME OUTTA THE BATHROOM! OF COURSE MY SHIRT'S GONNA BE UNTUCKED, IDIOT!
All of this story reminds me of a couple of songs . . .
Particularly Bring Me To Life and Broken by Evanescence . . . then . . . ET by Katy Perry . . . I have a tendency to listen to songs when I read.
You should have some sort of theme song for this book. It would be pretty fun.
Are vampires going to be here? I really wanna see a Twilight based character that sparkles and has little fangs.
Hahaha. Kidding.
| booklover1698 chapter 16 . 8/18/2012
HAHA! Yes, I bet it was pretty flattering to have Loki in your dreams, Lils! Update soon! I loved it!
| Guest chapter 16 . 8/18/2012
Lillie's rubbing off on Caleb. Hahaha aha.
| Saria chapter 16 . 8/18/2012
No, little sister. You know, you weren't the only one who didn't wanna get your ass back home. You really want mum and to call the FBI? You're my sister, but you ain't legally in Lori's custody. Lori and I are flipping legal adults. We could get arrested for child kidnapping. I'm only eighteen; I can't go to jail and ruin my beauty before I get married. Then again I could stay a free bachelorette for the rest of my life and go shag random people at a bar or something.
ANYWAYS, yeah, it was a good idea eh? But a necromancer is a nice character and he could be useful so no killing koji-woji.
| Tori chapter 16 . 8/18/2012
Yep. The dude that's in front of Zero is definitely just like Auryn... Or is that my imagination? I don't think that... He's a very friendly person... Hahahaha. Then again, dark god must mean Jayce or someone like that. Yeah, updates have been slow... And school started for both me and Saria... On the freakin tenth of August. Bleh. Stupid charter and Edison rules! I knew I should've fuckin stayed in the Cherry Creek district with my sis's friend instead of moving back home! But nooooo. Goody two shoes little Saria just HAD to pack my bags and drag me back to boring town...
Well, we had to go back one day or another...
I guess that's all for now.


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Bell, J.; (1997) The effects of economic transition on voting patterns in Poland: 1990-1995. Doctoral thesis, University of London.
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Controversy continues over the political economy of post-communist Poland, regarding both the impact of transition on living standards, and the strength of relations between individual and household-level changes and political support for economic reform. The case of Poland is one example of a more general phenomenon in Central and Eastern Europe (e.g. Hungary and Lithuania), in which parties led by former communists have been democratically elected into power. Poland's reforms from the mid-1980s to 1995 developed in four phases: pre-reform crisis, extraordinary politics, post-reform crisis, and recovery. In 1990, the adverse impact of liberalization on households' living standards was partially offset by improved consumer good supply: 'real' wages fell by 30%, but consumption decreased by approximately 15%. In the medium term, the self-employed and unemployed are the clearest winners and losers. Most others are in a middle category; material conditions remained stable - even during the recession of 1990-1991 - and by some indicators improved substantially. One implicit cost of transition borne by individuals and households is the rise in economic uncertainty. Increased unemployment and poverty, indicators of uncertainty, are concentrated in identifiable socioeconomic groups. Labor markets and poverty profiles are converging with those in advanced markets, suggesting that these problems may not be simply transitional. The distributive impact of transition is reflected in voting patterns. The dependent variable of regional vote shares are regressed against independent variables: unemployment, income, urbanization, and farming and trade sector employment. The most important factor behind electoral support for the former-communist SLD is unemployment. Voting is then examined through a simple rational choice model. When parties can be differentiated by the weight of pragmatic versus (identifiable) ideological policy preferences, voters act rationally and choose the party which combines dominant pragmatism with an ideological stance close to their own preferences. Voters punish overly rigid or ideological parties for lack of responsiveness to their economic interests.
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The China Syndrome
Dan Stober and Ian Hoffman, who covered the story for the San Jose Mercury-News and the Albuquerque Journal, teamed up to write A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage, in which they reveal the scandalous details of the misguided search for the Chinese-American spy. Written like a crime novel, their book is at its best as an exposé of the behind-the-scenes workings of Washington politics, in which the truth is all too easily sacrificed for political expediency. The authors blame everyone involved, from the incompetent employees of the FBI and the ambitious bureaucrats of the Department of Energy (DOE) to the zealous anti-China hawks in Congress and a colluding press corps all too willing to swallow government-distributed information without corroboration.
The government spent four years and millions of dollars to pin Wen Ho Lee, ultimately only to find him innocent of spying. Many American weapons designers who were familiar with the Chinese nuclear program saw no reason that Chinese scientists could not invent in the 1990s the miniaturized warheads US scientists had developed in the 1950s. Others pointed out that most of the details on US missiles were available on a website maintained by the Federation of American Scientists. China could have easily made its own bombs by processing the mounds of information gathered from newspapers, magazines and scientific literature that Chinese students and scientists, over more than a decade of scholarly and business exchanges, had obtained legally--a method US counterintelligence circles refer to as gathering grains of sand. Yet the director of counterintelligence at the DOE, Notra Trulock, refused to believe that the Chinese were capable of developing the most modern weapon in the US arsenal on their own. "There's one spy out there and we're going to find him," he reportedly told an assistant.
The spy, if there was one, could have been any of the scientists from a half-dozen national nuclear-weapons-design labs, or an employee of one of the many plants that manufacture the parts, as they all had blueprints. Yet Trulock's order for an administrative inquiry stipulated that the initial consideration would be to identify those US citizens of Chinese heritage who worked directly or peripherally with the design development. This was a logical starting point, the attached memo went on to explain, based upon the intelligence community's evaluation that the PRC targets and utilizes ethnic Chinese for espionage rather than persons of non-Chinese origin. Following this perilous logic, the investigation took on the shape of a funnel: The list of suspects swiftly shrank from the employees of Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore research labs who had traveled to China to the scientists of Chinese heritage who had worked directly or peripherally on the W-88 design development and had had contacts with Chinese scientists. From there, it was a quick jump to Wen Ho Lee as the only person who had the opportunity, motivation and legitimate access to the specific nuclear weapons information believed to have been leaked to the Chinese.
The choice of Wen Ho Lee as the spy was far from logical. He was a native of Taiwan and had openly expressed his sympathy for Taiwanese independence, and has in fact admitted to providing unclassified scientific documents to the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology--Taiwan's military research center involved in developing nuclear weapons. Also, he had been trapped into cooperating with the FBI many years earlier in an investigation of another Chinese-American scientist, while his wife was recruited to act as an unpaid informant on the activities of visiting Chinese scientists.
This may explain why no one at the FBI or any other government agency initially believed Trulock's accusations against Lee. Trulock's first request for a wiretapping order from the Justice Department was turned down. But he doggedly took his spy story to the CIA, the White House and the Defense Department until he finally found a sympathetic ear among Republicans in Congress. Representative Christopher Cox of California was heading the House Select Committee on US National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns, which was investigating the Clinton Administration for jeopardizing national security by being soft on China in exchange for campaign contributions. Cox immediately saw the potential of using an indictment against Wen Ho Lee to help the charges against Clinton stick. Trulock's unverified assertions became bombshells in Cox's committee report. On one occasion a zealous committee member even confused the scientist Wen Ho Lee with Bill Lann Lee, who was at the time waiting to be confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
But the real damage was done when someone leaked the spy story to the ever-hungry-for-a-Clinton-scandal press. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times passed the information along without corroboration, and soon Congress and the media were "locked in a game of one-upmanship," describing Lee's crime in ever more superlative-laden rhetoric, according to Stober and Hoffman. In no time, expressions of fear and hatred of the Chinese inundated the Internet, TV and radio talk shows. As the storm gathered, Clinton's appointees, instead of standing up against wrongful accusations, buckled. The new Energy Secretary, Bill Richardson, weighing the risk of losing his nomination as the running mate to presidential candidate Al Gore, ordered that Wen Ho Lee be summarily dealt with.


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