Congressional Record: September 19, 2000 (House)
Page H7743

 BLUE RIBBON PANEL SHOULD BE FORMED TO PROTECT RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF
                         ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS

  (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California asked and was given permission to
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, at the time that Wen Ho
Lee was first arrested, I met with the Chinese-American Political
Association of the greater San Francisco Bay area. Many in that
community raised their concerns that he was the target of selective
prosecution, of racial profiling, and prosecutorial abuse. As we now
see, as that case has started to come to a conclusion with the plea
bargain, in fact many of the concerns raised by the Chinese community
turned out to be true.
  All Americans should be deeply disturbed by the prosecutorial abuse
that was raised in this case and used against Wen Ho Lee. This does not
suggest that Wen Ho Lee did not have some serious transgressions of the
current law and policy, but what his government did to him should cause
concern by all Americans.
  All Americans are entitled to an impartial review of the actions by
all parties to that prosecution. Unfortunately, the congressional
committees, the FBI, the intelligence agencies, and all the rest
participated in the feeding frenzy at the time of the arrest.
  I think maybe we ought to have a national, impartial blue ribbon
commission to look at the Wen Ho Lee case and see how we can better
safeguard the rights and liberties of all American citizens.