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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release September 12, 2000 PRESS BRIEFING BY JAKE SIEWERT AND P.J. CROWLEY The James S. Brady Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EDT Q A follow up to that, if I could, please. I notice we had the negotiations going on in Albuquerque over Wen Ho Lee. Regardless of how that comes out, I noticed that the Secretary of Energy has made comments that he'd like to see the hard drive investigation wrapped up, some indication that he'd be pleased to see the Wen Ho Lee problem go away. Has the President weighed in, through the Justice Department, about him wanting to see this wrapped up in a -- fashion? MR. SIEWERT: Not that I'm aware of. I know that -- it sounds like the prosecutors are working with Wen Ho Lee's attorneys on resolving that. I think the government has an interest in finding out what happened to the missing tapes, and that's in the best interests of our national security. That's probably all I'll have to say on that. END 1:45 P.M. EDT