Timeline of the Cox Report controversy

The timeline of the Cox Report controversy is a chronology of information relating to the People's Republic of China's (PRC) nuclear espionage against the United States detailed in the Congressional Cox Report. The timeline also includes documented information relating to relevant investigations and reactions by the White House, the U.S. Congress, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and United States Department of Justice.

1995

June

John Deutch

July

October

November

1996

February

A model of a typical satellite

March

April

Samuel "Sandy" Berger

May

June

1997

April

May

Attorney General Janet Reno

July

August

September

FBI Director Louis Freeh

October

November

PRC President Jiang Zemin

1998

February

June

October

December

1999

January

March

May

Lehrer: The main hit on you, as you know, Mr. Berger, is that you were told (about China's nuclear espionage) in April of 1996 and you didn't tell the president about it until, what, a year or so later, even longer than that?

Berger: I was told in 1996, Jim, of the... at a briefing, of the evolution of China's strategic program, in two cases, one went back to 1979. The one that went that went to... involved in the mid-80's. I found that very troubling. I asked DOE... I acted in response to what I heard. I asked DOE to widen and deepen its investigation, to intensify as they were planning their counterintelligence efforts to brief the Congress[.] [W]ithin several weeks the FBI had opened up a full investigation on the prime suspect. So I took the actions that I believe were appropriate. I get an awful lot of threat information every day. I have to make a judgment as to what I brief the president on and what I don't. In 1997, when this was clearly a pattern and a systemic problem, I thought it was essential for the president to know.[30]

December

In December 1999, four Stanford University professors release a report rebutting the Cox Commission, noting "The language of the report, particularly its Overview, was inflammatory and some allegations did not seem to be well supported....Some important and relevant facts are wrong and a number of conclusions are, in our view, unwarranted."[31] A number of other reports, including one from the National Academy of Sciences, reach similar conclusions.

Notes and references

  1. Report of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China, Chapter 2, The "Walk-In", U.S. House of Representatives, Retrieved: April 14, 2006
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gerth, Jeff and Risen, James, "China Stole Nuclear Secrets From Los Alamos, U.S. Officials Say", New York Times, March 6, 1999
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Risen, James and Gerth, Jeff, "U.S. Is Said to Have Known Of China Spy Link in 1995", New York Times, June 27, 1999
  4. Department of Energy, FBI, and Department of Justice Handling of the Espionage Investigation into the Compromise of Design Information on the W-88 Warhead Statement by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, August 5, 1999, Retrieved: May 29, 2006
  5. Shmitt, Eric, "A Secret U.S. Device Missing After '96 China Rocket Crash", New York Times, June 24, 1998
  6. "Loral CEO frequent administration guest", Associated Press, May 21, 1998
  7. 1 2 Mintz, John, "2 U.S. space giants accused of aiding China Hughes, Boeing allegedly gave away missile technology illegally", Washington Post, January 1, 2003
  8. "Boeing, Hughes settle technology transfer charges", Associated Press, March 6, 2003
  9. "Chinese Aerospace Official Denies Giving To Dems", CNN.com, May 21, 1998
  10. Gerth, Jeff and Risen, James, "Intelligence Report Points To 2d China Nuclear Leak", New York Times, April 8, 1999
  11. Gerth, Jeff, "Old Concerns Over Data Transfer to China Get New Attention", New York Times, December 7, 1998
  12. Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China, Chapter 2, Notification of the President and Senior U.S. Officials, Retrieved: June 2, 2006
  13. 1 2 Gerth, Jeff, "China Stole Data, Report Concludes", New York Times, May 21, 1999
  14. Risen, James, "Though Suspected as China Spy, Scientist Got Sensitive Job at Lab", New York Times, March 24, 1999
  15. Sterngold, James, "Nuclear Scientist Set Free After Plea in Secrets Case; Judge Attacks U.S. Conduct", New York Times, September 14, 2000
  16. Gerth, Jeff and Risen, James, "Reports Show Scientist Gave U.S. Radar Secrets to Chinese", New York Times, May 10, 1999
  17. Almanac, CNN.com, August 10, 1997
  18. 1 2 Risen, James, "U.S. Fires Scientist Suspected Of Giving China Bomb Data", New York Times
  19. Diamond, Howard, "Clinton Moves to Implement Sino-U.S. Nuclear Agreement", Arms Control Today, January/February 1998
  20. "Clinton OKs Nuclear Power Sales To China", CNN.com, October 29, 1997
  21. Purdum, Todd S., "Jiang Does Business On Last Stop Of U.S. Visit", New York Times, November 3, 1997
  22. Gerth, Jeff, "2 Companies Pay Penalties For Improving China Rockets", New York Times, March 6, 2003
  23. "Peña Takes Action to Boost Security at DOE Defense Nuclear Facilities", DOE Press Release, November 7, 1998, Retrieved June 8, 2006
  24. Gerth, Jeff, "Reports Show Chinese Military Used American-Made Satellites", New York Times, June 13, 1998
  25. Federation of American Scientists website, Retrieved: June 7, 2006
  26. House Resolution 463, Library of Congress Thomas website, Retrieved: June 6, 2006
  27. "Congress Returns Export Control Over Satellites to State Department", Arms Control Association, October 1998, Retrieved: June 8, 2006
  28. Stout, David, "C.I.A. Is Focus of Inquiry in China Rocket Case", New York Times, December 5, 1998
  29. "Report: China stole U.S. nuke secrets to 'fulfill international agenda'", CNN.com, May 25, 1999
  30. Transcript, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, May 27, 1999, Retrieved: May 27, 2006
  31. M.M. May, Editor, Alastair Johnston, W.K.H. Panofsky, Marco Di Capua, and Lewis Franklin, The Cox Committee Report: An Assessment, Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), December 1999.

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