Doc's Talk: Chinese Woman Nabbed: Conspiracy to Export Military Equipment to China

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Chinese Woman Nabbed: Conspiracy to Export Military Equipment to China

A Chinese national who lives in Connecticut has been indicted by a San Diego federal grand jury for conspiring to purchase and export military-grade accelerometers used in "smart bombs" and missiles from the United States to the People's Republic of China. Qing Li, 36, of Stamford, Conn., is charged with for what her co-conspirator described as a "special" attempting to buy and export piezoresistive accelerometers scientific agency in China. The charges are the result of a seven-month undercover investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). ICE and DCIS agents arrested Li at New York's JFK International Airport Oct. 14 as she was checking in to board a flight to China

The piezoresistive accelerometer measures massive shocks and has many military applications, including use in "smart" bombs and missile development. The accelerometer is designated as a defense article on the United States Munitions List and cannot be exported from the United States without the written permission of the United States Department of State. The United States maintains an arms embargo against China, and the State Department's policy is to deny permission for the export of defense articles to China.

"The controlled military sensors that were the focus of this technology procurement plot are extremely sensitive devices used in the development of missiles and artillery and the calibration of large-scale nuclear and chemical explosions ," said Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. "I applaud the agents who infiltrated this foreign procurement network and prevented these items from being illegally exported to China."

"Accelerometers are a designated defense article frequently used in missiles, 'smart bombs' and other major weapons systems and in the wrong hands, could prove catastrophic," said Julie L. Myers, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for ICE. "These devices are simply not for export to China or anywhere else without explicit permission from the U.S. Government. Stopping the illicit export of weapons technology is paramount to the national security of our country and the public safety of all."

"This investigation and prosecution demonstrate the firm commitment we in federal law enforcement have to prevent the illegal exportation of items on the United States Munitions List," said United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt. "This plot was foiled and the defendant was apprehended because of the tireless efforts and hard work of agents from ICE and DCIS."

According to court papers, from April 2007 to October 2007, Li and her co-conspirator used e-mail messages and telephone calls to negotiate the illegal export transaction with an undercover ICE agent in San Diego, who repeatedly stressed the illegality of the transaction. Li and her co-conspirator urged the undercover agent to deliver the accelerometers directly to China, advising the undercover agent that if the accelerometers tested properly, large orders would follow. According to court papers, during a three-way telephone call, when the undercover agent advised Li and her co-conspirator that the accelerometers are used to measure massive explosions, and even nuclear explosions, Li's co-conspirator stated that "our client knows exactly what this thing is used for."

"This investigation signifies the aggressive pursuit by the DCIS, in cooperation with our other federal law enforcement partners, to identify and pursue prosecution of those who illegally export or steal our sensitive military technology," said Rick W. Gwin, Special Agent in Charge for the DCIS Western Field Office.

Li, a legal permanent resident of the United States, is currently in federal custody in New York. She is scheduled to appear Oct. 22 before United States Magistrate Judge Steven Gold in the Eastern District of New York to determine whether she will be returned to San Diego to answer to the indictment. The conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Pollard: In Jail Because He's A Jew
Brad E. Kauffman - Special to the Jewish Times [Baltimore] - November 02, 2007.

After meeting recently with the staffers of six
U.S. Senators regarding the Jonathan J. Pollard case, I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that most of our political leaders have turned a blind eye to his unbearable suffering.

Through their silence, our Senators and Congressmen have acquiesced to the government's blatant violation of Jonathan J. Pollard's constitutional rights. Even more disturbing, our leaders seem to have no problem with the government holding Jonathan J. Pollard to a harsher standard because he is a Jew. One staffer incorrectly told me that his Senator did not have jurisdiction to raise the issue of executive clemency for Mr. Pollard. That's an obvious misnomer.

In 1999, 60 U.S. Senators sent an inflammatory letter to President Bill Clinton urging him to not commute Mr. Pollard's sentence. The letter proved to be influential in President Clinton's absurd decision to skip over Mr. Pollard and instead pardon FALN terrorists from Puerto Rico. [J4JP clarification: There was no link between President Clinton's decision to pardon the FALN terrorists, very shortly after reneging upon his commitment to free Jonathan Pollard. Nevertheless, Clinton's pardon of the FALN terrorists ( to improve his wife's position with the Hispanic community during the NY Senate race) puts the lie to the claim that at Wye Clinton buckled under to the threat of CIA head George Tenet to resign if Pollard were freed. Four months later Tenet also threatened to resign over the FALN clemencies, but Clinton ignored him and did as he pleased. Tenet was Clinton's excuse for reneging on Pollard, not the reason. For more information see the FALN Clemency Page
http://www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm and The Wye Double-Cross Page
www.jonathanpollard.org/Wye.htm ].

If the Senators in 1999 believed they had jurisdiction to oppose executive clemency for Mr. Pollard, they certainly have the absolute authority today to urge President George W. Bush to commute Mr. Pollard's sentence.

Why then are our leaders adverse to the plight of Jonathan J. Pollard? Unfortunately, supporting executive clemency for a Jew who spied for the Jewish state is risky business. The Senators are afraid of angering the anti-Jewish elements within the CIA which regularly spreads lies about Jonathan J. Pollard. Our leaders' inability to decry the government's disgraceful treatment of a Jewish citizen, due to a fear of offending the CIA, reinforces the fact that anti-Semitism continues to be a powerful force in America.

The week of October 15th tragically marked 8,000 days that Mr. Pollard languishes in prison for a crime where the median sentence is two to four years in prison. Mr. Pollard is the only person in the history of America to receive a life sentence for spying for an ally.

Prominent legal authorities across the
U.S. unequivocally state that Mr. Pollard was not deserving of a life sentence. Former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger, the very man who is responsible for Mr. Pollard's life sentence, even admitted that the whole Pollard case' "was made far bigger than its actual importance
http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2002/061402.htm ."

In their briefings to the Senate, the prosecution never alleged that Mr. Pollard compromised codes or
U.S. Satellite Communications. Mr. Pollard did not have access to codes as a GS-12 Navy Analyst. Despite Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-Tenn.) erroneous assertion at the Republican Jewish Coalition Forum that Jonathan J. Pollard "spied against my country," the prosecution never charged Mr. Pollard with harming the U.S.

In what amounts to a procedural atrocity of monumental proportions, the prosecution submitted falsified evidence in the form of the Weinberger Memorandum which inflamed the judge causing him to impose a life sentence . If Sen. Thompson is concerned that Mr. Pollard compromised national security which clearly did not occur, where was his outrage when Samuel Morrison sold satellite photographs to Great Britain ? Mr. Morrison served two years in prison. [J4JP correction: The grandson of a prominent Navy historian, Morrison served 3 months in prison before he was released!] Likewise, where was Sen. Thompson's outrage when Abdel Kader Helmy transferred arms shipments to Egypt which ended up in the hands of Saadam Hussein? Mr. Helmy served five years in prison. [J4JP correction : Helmy served 2 years and then was released! ] How is it possible for a Muslim or Christian who spies for an ally to take a catwalk into prison, but a Jew convicted of the same crime causing no harm to the
U.S. is subjected to severe cruel and unusual punishment as well as intense physical and psychological torture? What ever happened to the legal principle that the punishment must fit the crime? That principle does not apply to American Jews who spy for an ally. I suggest that if President Bush is serious about his pledge to eradicate worldwide anti-Semitism, he should start in the U.S. and immediately grant Jonathan Pollard executive clemency. As long as Jonathan Pollard unjustifiably remains in prison, America's purported image of having a fair and equitable judicial system will be in disrepute. Brad E. Kauffman is a law student at the University of Baltimore. See Also: FALN Clemency Page
www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm
The Wye Double-Cross Page www.jonathanpollard.org/Wye.htm
Clemency Page www.jonathanpollard.org/clemency.htm Caspar's Ghost - [ See Weinberger statement on Pollard case being blown up out of proportion.]
http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2002/061402.htm
Comparative Sentencing Charts www.jonathanpollard.org/sentences.htm
Pollard, Longest-held Living Captive Marks 8000 Days [Includes background
information and essay "Why Israel is ignoring Jonathan Pollard to death"]
www.jonathanpollard.org/2007/101507.htm

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JUSTICE FOR JONATHAN POLLARD
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The IDF’s Minorities in Numbers and Pictures

In honor of IDF Diversity Week, we present diversity through numbers and pictures. Each year, more and more Muslims, Christians, Druze, Bedouin and immigrants from around the world take on the responsibility of defending Israel.

MUSLIMS:

Muslim Arab Israelis are not required to draft in the IDF, but there are many who volunteer. In 2013, there were over 200 Muslims serving in the IDF and over 300 in the reserves.

Bedouins:

Bedouins are nomadic Muslims who were in Israel when modern borders were set in place and are now considered Israeli citizens. They are not required to draft but a growing number choose to enlist. In 2012, there were over 1,400 Bedouin Muslim soldiers doing regular IDF service and almost 1,500 in the reserves.

Read more:http://www.idfblog.com/2014/02/27/truth-idf-numbers-pictures/#more-34027

Are you aware that in 2013, Middle class taxes go up-significantly?

In January of next year, the federal income tax rate for middle-class taxpayers is scheduled to rise from 25 percent to 28 percent, and the payroll tax is scheduled to rise from 13.3 percent to 15.3 percent… This drives the marginal tax rate based on the aforementioned three taxes to 48.12 percent. Add in state and local property, corporate, excise, and other state and local taxes, and the percentage of each additional dollar that is taxed hovers around 50 percent… When half of each additional dollar earned is taxed away, taxpayers experience a disincentive to start businesses or expand existing ones. This leads to fewer jobs being created.

Why is HAMAS Inside Tampa Schools?

Clare Lopez

Kelly Miliziano, who teaches history classes at Steinbrenner High School in the Tampa, Florida area apparently thinks it’s perfectly OK to invite a senior official of a HAMAS-affiliated organization into her classroom to discuss Islam with her students. According to local media reports, not only has this been going on for years, but in spite of the civil and criminal proceedings that could result from such reckless negligence, the Hillsborough County school superintendent, Mary Ellen Elia, and the chairman of the school board, Candy Olson, also expressed approval for students under their responsibility to be exposed repeatedly to guest speaker, Hassan Shibly, who is the Executive Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the Tampa area.
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Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad

‘Conquest through Da’wa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! Not through sword but through Da’wa.’
-- Yousef al-Qaradawi , Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader The Arabic word ‘Da’wa’ means the “call to Islam.” But do not think that Da’wa is the same thing as an invitation to an optional holiday event. The classical Islamic doctrine of jihad mandates that enemies must be given the opportunity to convert to Islam or pay the jizya tax before it is permissible to attack them.
Clare M. Lopez

Who is being discriminated-facts tell the truth

Religious bias

Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,409 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-bias offenses showed:

65.4 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-Islamic.
9.5 percent were anti-other religion, i.e., those not specified.
4.3 percent were anti-Catholic.
3.8 percent were anti-multiple religions, group.
3.3 percent were anti-Protestant.
0.5 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/narratives/hate-crime-2010-incidents-and-offenses.

On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview

with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

In March 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

The Arab Apartheid

Ben-Dror Yemini
In 1948, the Arab countries refused to accept the UN partition proposal and they launched a war of annihilation against the State of Israel which had barely been established. All precedents in this matter showed that the party that starts the war - and with a declaration of annihilation, yet - pays a price for it. Between 550,000 and 710,000 Arabs fled because of the war and a larger number of 850,000 Jews were expelled or fled from Arab countries (the "Jewish nakba").
Population exchanges and expulsions were the norm at that time, occurring in dozens of other conflict points and affecting about 52 million people. In all the population exchange precedents that occurred during or at the end of an armed conflict, there was no return of refugees to the previous region, which had turned into a new national state.
Only the Arab states acted completely differently from the rest of the world. Instead of assimilating the refugees, they crushed them despite the fact that they were their coreligionists and members of the Arab nation - instituting a regime of apartheid. So the "nakba" was not caused by the actual dispossession, which had also been experienced by tens of millions of others. The "nakba" is the story of the apartheid, oppression, abuse and denial of rights suffered by the Arab refugees at the hands of the Arab countries. (Maariv)

International Law and Military Operations in Practice - Col. Richard Kemp

"Islamist fighting groups study the international laws of armed conflict carefully and they understand it well. They know that a British or Israeli commander and his men are bound by international law and the rules of engagement that flow from it. They then do their utmost to exploit what they view as one of their enemy's main weaknesses. Their very modus operandi is built on the correct assumption that Western armies will normally abide by the rules, while these insurgents employ a deliberate policy of operating consistently outside international law. "

Lost Historical Moments

What Rabin’s last Knesset speech really said:repudiation of a Palestinian state

Rabin ruled out a fully sovereign Palestinian state :

“We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.”

Rabin ruled out a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and thus a return to the pre-June 1967 borders :

“The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”

Rabin ruled out withdrawing form the Jordan Valley:

“The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.”

Rabin ruled out uprooting settlement blocs, like the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza (which was subsequently uprooted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon):

“The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.

AND

Rabin ruled out removing any settlement before coming to a full peace agreement with the Palestinians:

“I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.”

Rabin insisted on Israel retaining full security control of the borders with Egypt and Jordan, contrary to Israel’s relinquishment of the Philadelphia Corridor on the border with Egypt:

“The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.”

Correcting Oslo Myths-Part 2

3) Kuttab laments that the post-1993 Oslo process resulted in a Palestinian Authority "whose ministers and legislators are not guaranteed passage between Gaza and the West Bank ...."

Before free passage or other perquisites, PA leaders were obligated, among other things, to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, end anti-Israeli, antisemitic incitement in schools, mosques, and communications media, and resolve all outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. They met none of these commitments, sometimes bolstering terrorism and greatly increasing incitement.

4) Kuttab complains that under Oslo the PA got "lightly armed police ---- but no real sovereignty over the land or contiguity between our communities in Gaza and the West Bank."

Oslo agreements repeatedly were revised, regardless of Palestinian non-compliance, until the authorized number of police grew from 8,000 to 40,000. Though they were to be the only armed forces in the territories, Israeli estimates early in the second intifada put the number of gunmen - police, "security services," terrorists, and armed gangs - at 85,000. Their armament reportedly included not only heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but also anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Sovereignty was to be negotiated in the envisioned 1998 "final status" talks - after a five-year period of confidence-building. Palestinian leadership chronically undermined the process. Palestinian terrorism made the 1993 - 1998 Oslo period more deadly for Israelis than the 15 years preceding it.

The United States doesn't have contiguity between the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii; territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip - that is, through the 20 miles of Israeli territory between them - was never promised and would destroy Israeli contiguity.

5) "Palestinians have been made to endure hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, an eight-foot wall deep in our territories, and tight Israeli control over borders."

The security barrier is not "deep in Palestinian territories," but rather encompasses less than 8 percent of Judea and Samaria, and is mostly a fence, rarely a wall; the land in question is not "our [Palestinian] territories" but disputed territory to which, according to the authors of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, Jews as well as Arabs have claims; and there are no international borders, only the 1949 armistice lines with Jordan. Under 242, borders remain to be negotiated. As for checkpoints - like the security barrier and "tight Israeli control" - Palestinian Arabs precipitated these measures themselves. No terrorism and there would be no fence or tight Israeli control and few checkpoints - like before the first intifada.

Correcting Some Oslo Myths

1) In Oslo "Israeli, Palestinian and other world leaders promised that ... Palestinian sovereignty would be solidified."

No, they didn't. The 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent Oslo agreements outlined a process by which final status negotiations about the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be reached. The process required an end to anti-Israel terrorism and incitement and a commitment to peaceful negotiations. The PA, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist groups, sabotaged the process from the start.

2) "The reality is that, in defiance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which states that it is inadmissible to occupy land by force, Palestinian territories are still under foreign military occupation."
Wrong again. Resolution 242 (1967) does note "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." It also affirms the right of every state in the area "to live in peace with secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." There were no "Palestinian territories." Jordan occupied the West Bank, Egypt controlled Gaza. Israel did not have "secure and recognized boundaries," so retention of some of those territories was possible under 242. Israel is not a "foreign" military occupier in the West Bank but, pending final negotiations, the lawful military administrator as a result of a successful war of self-defense.

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