Date: Fri NucNews-1-Int'l 3/19/99 - China Fears/Denial (2); NATO/Serbia/US Airstrikes NucNews-2- 3/19/99 - Lab Security: Clinton / DOE / Budgets / Rudman Probe NucNews-3-US 3/19/99 - Pena/Clinton; Rosenbergs; Utah; House/Missile Defense; Y2K ---(1) 1. Is It Stamped 'Made in USA'? (China's Los Alamos) Column By Al Kamen Friday March 19 1999 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-03/19/064l-031999-idx.html This just in from Reuters in Shanghai: China will soon open its "Los Alamos" nuclear research center complete with a real atomic bomb on display to tourists the Wenhui Daily said yesterday. Chinese and foreign tourists will be able to view the Air Dynamics Research and Development Center home of China's atomic and hydrogen bombs in Mianyang in the western province of Sichuan. 2. China too fears scientists spilling secrets By Paul Wiseman and Antoaneta Bezlova USA Today March 19 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/world/nwsthu08.htm The United States isn't the only country that worries about loose-lipped scientists spilling secrets from its top research laboratories. China does too. China complains that it has lost secrets to foreign competitors in everything from artificial intelligence to anti-jamming communications techniques to theoretical physics largely because so many of its scientists and students are traveling abroad to study and attend conferences. 3. Chinese official says no secrets were stolen By Joyce Howard Price THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 19 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/news/news1.html A senior Chinese diplomat Thursday denied reports that his country stole nuclear weapons technology from a U.S. laboratory blaming a "Cold War mentality" in Washington for the scandal that has prompted FBI and Energy Department investigations. 4. Pentagon: (NATO) Airstrikes could bring (US) losses USA Today March 19 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncsthu05.htm WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon's top military commanders warned Thursday that there could be U.S. casualties if NATO launches airstrikes against Serb positions in an effort to pressure Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to accept a peace accord. ---(2) 5. Reports of lax security kept from Clinton By Peter Eisler USA Today March 19 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncsthu14.htm WASHINGTON - Department of Energy reports documenting rising security concerns at nuclear weapons plants and labs were held back repeatedly from the White House during the mid-1990s in some cases for up to two years. 6. Clinton Asks Panel to Analyze Security Threats at Nuclear Labs By DAVID STOUT New York Times March 19 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/031999china-nuke.html ALSO Clinton orders security threat probe USA Today March 19 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncsthu10.htm WASHINGTON -- President Clinton asked an advisory panel Thursday to analyze security threats at the Energy Department's nuclear laboratories after suspicions surfaced that China stole nuclear-weapons designs from the United States. 7. Tight budgets meant looser nuke security A news analysis by Peter Eisler USA Today March 19 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncsthu15.htm WASHINGTON - In 1984 President Reagan's top national security advisers gathered to brief him on a congressional probe that alleged "a continuing failure (by the administration) to provide adequate security" at nuclear weapons plants and labs. 8. Rudman to Probe Nuclear Labs GAO Warned of Lax Security Among Foreign Visitors Decade Ago By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Friday March 19 1999; Page A04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-03/19/003l-031999-idx.html Under attack over allegations of Chinese espionage President Clinton asked former senator Warren B. Rudman (R-N.H.) yesterday to undertake a bipartisan review of security threats to U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories over the last 20 years. ---(3) 9. Clinton stance baffles ex-energy chief Pena By Andrew Cain THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 19 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/news/news3.html Former Energy Secretary Federico J. Pena said Thursday that there must be a disconnect between what senior White House officials know of his efforts to counter Chinese espionage and what Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart knows. 10. Espionage case resurrects memories of the Rosenbergs By Robert Stacy McCain THE WASHINGTON TIMES March 19 1999 http://www.washtimes.com/news/news2.html On June 19 1953 a newspaper headline declared: "Spies Fry Tonight." Thousands gathered in New York's Union Square some carrying signs proclaiming We Are Innocent. In front of the White House pickets carried signs with a different message: "Death to the Communist Rats." 11. Utah To Discourage Nuke Waste Plan http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Nuclear-Dump.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP March 19 1999) -- In a bid to discourage the storage of nuclear waste at an Indian reservation Gov. Mike Leavitt has signed a bill requiring eight utilities to shoulder full liability in case of an accident. 12. House passes missile defense bill USA Today March 19 1999 http://usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncsthu02.htm WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a bill committing the United States to a nationwide defense against ballistic missiles. The 317-105 vote came a day after the Senate gave strong bipartisan support to similar legislation. 13.Feds: Y2K costs will top $6B USA Today March 19 1999 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncsthu04.htm Office of Management and Budget web site http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/html/ombhome.html ... In the latest report on its Y2K efforts the White House Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday that only 80% of its most important computers have been repaired replaced or judged to be invulnerable. The government's self-imposed deadline for complete compliance is March 31. 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