Clinton's Nuclear Legacy - 1996 Waiver for Radiation Hardened Chips to China
Newly declassified documents show that
President Bill Clinton personally approved the transfer to China of advanced space
technology that can be used for nuclear combat.
The documents show that in 1996 Clinton approved the export of radiation hardened chip
sets to China.
"Waivers may be granted upon a national interest determination," states a
Commerce Department document titled "U.S. Sanctions on China."
"The President has approved a series of satellite related waivers in recent months,
most recently in November, 1996 for export of radiation hardened chip sets for a Chinese
meteorological satellite," noted the Commerce Department documents.
These special computer chips are designed to function while being bombarded by intense
radiation. Radiation hardened chips are considered critical for atomic warfare and
are required by advanced nuclear tipped missiles.
Judicial Watch obtained the documents through the Freedom of Information Act, a
Washington-based political watchdog group.
Several documents were withheld from release by the U.S. Commerce Department for
commercial and personal privacy exemptions, but none of the documents were withheld for
national security reasons. Judicial Watch is expected to appeal the withholdings.
Decade of Betrayal- U.S. intelligence sources stated that the newly released documents
illustrate the extent to which the Clinton White House placed trade - and trade with China
specifically - above national security.
"In all likelihood we will be glowing in the dark before we discover the true extent
of the Clinton decade of betrayal," stated Rick Fisher, Asian Security Fellow at the
Center for Security Policy.
"If it was indeed intended for a new PRC weather satellite, then it is possible that
it was used for their new polar orbit weather satellites. This is significant because the
Chinese themselves acknowledge that their polar orbit weather satellites directly
contribute to their long-range missile targeting capability. This becomes even more
important for their new smaller but more accurate warheads, used on their new DF-31,
DF-31A, DF-5 Mod2 and JL-2 missiles. If they encounter significant weather,
warhead accuracy degrades, reducing their utility," stated Fisher.
"Inasmuch as similar U.S. military weather satellites perform the same missions, the
Clinton Administration had to have known they were assisting a PLA strategic military
capability," concluded Fisher.
In addition, the Chinese military is clearly interested in acquiring advanced radiation
hardened computer chips for its strategic nuclear arsenal.
U.S. Chips for PRC Nukes- Currently, China has only liquid fueled,
long-range missiles, and the majority of them are based inside underground silos. These
long-range rockets are reported to be "bore-sighted" - meaning the underground
silos
are aimed directly at target cities inside the United States.
The Chinese army is now attempting to shift its strategic nuclear arsenal to a solid-fuel
"launch on command" capability. These new missiles are rail- and road-mobile and
require sophisticated electronic guidance systems to accurately strike their intended
targets.
As part of this upgrade, the Chinese army is also modifying its nuclear warhead designs to
arm new survivable missiles such as the DF-31 and JL-2. Chinese engineers are planning to
equip these new missiles with MIRV technology, allowing each missile to carry multiple
nuclear warheads.
Again, the U.S. radiation hardened computer chip technology is a logical addition to the
reconfiguration and upgrade of Chinese nuclear weapons.
Stolen U.S. Chips- Another critical element of the Clinton-supplied
waiver is the fact that it took place during an investigation of Chinese espionage into
missing U.S. radiation hardened satellite chips.
In February 1996, a Chinese Long March rocket carrying a Loral Intelsat satellite failed
and crashed on lift-off. The Loral Intelsat payload was badly damaged. The Chinese
intended to launch the Loral satellite into deep space as they had been paid to do by
Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz.
However, fate took a twisted path, and so did the Chinese rocket. The Long March rocket
failed on launch and crashed into a nearby Chinese village, killing over 200 innocent
civilians. The failure of the Long March allowed the U.S. to recover the sealed satellite
guidance box, which revealed the control board of radiation-hardened chips was
missing.
The missing board from the Loral Intelsat satellite is no mystery. It quickly became
obvious that Chinese engineers removed the special electronics and kept the board for
examination. The stolen Loral electronics consist of radiation hardened, encrypted
telemetry chips, stored in a secure flight control box similar to those found on
airliners. The NSA changed all U.S. satellite codes as a result of the stolen Loral chips,
costing American taxpayers millions of dollars.
1996 Illegal Campaign Donations- Another factor involved in the November
1996 waiver issued by then-President Clinton is the fact that illegal money entered the U.S. elections from the Chinese
army. The money was donated to
the DNC from a variety of sources including convicted Chinagate figures John Huang,
Charlie "Yah-Lin" Trie and Johnny Chung.
The 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign readily accepted much of the money from the Chinese army
sources without question, and in some cases took these donations in cash. The allegations
of Chinese espionage and illegal campaign donations were never investigated properly.
The successful effort by China to obtain U.S. microchip technology included espionage,
sabotage and perhaps bribery. The red intelligence windfall freed the Chinese army to more
accurately target American cities with atomic weapons using advanced U.S technology.
The legacy that President Clinton left for the 21st century is a modern Chinese army
equipped for global nuclear war.
by Charles R. Smith
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