The Smoking Gun

Forget Monica Lewinsky. Clinton's China connection is the most grievous scandal in the history of the Republic.

by Rod D. Martin
May 29, 1998

We have found the smoking gun.

In fact, thanks largely to the reporting of Washington Times national security correspondent Bill Gertz, we've found the most grievous scandal in the history of the Republic.

The President, in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, overruled the stern, unanimous opposition of his advisors, the Pentagon and the State Department to sell to a Chinese Military Intelligence front vital, classified missile and satellite technology. Among those things sold by the President: American encryption chips and the technology to blind our spy satellites and launch a sneak attack.

Johnny Chung has told federal investigators that at least $300,000 were funneled through him alone (minus what he skimmed), by way of the daughter of China's top military commander. Another $1.1 million came from Bernard Schwartz, the Chairman of Loral, a company which at the time was under criminal investigation for exporting classifi…