Attorney General Reno's Weekly Media Briefing, Oct. 19

WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
WASHINGTON, D.C. 9:30 A.M. EDT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2000


Q: Yes. (Laughter.) Ms. Reno, have you any comment at all on the
beginning of the testimony of Wen Ho Lee this week to investigators?
Have you -- can you say anything at all about it?


ATTY GEN. RENO: No, it would not -- the debriefing should proceed, and
I should not be commenting on it.


Q: While we're on the subject of Wen Ho Lee, as long as we have Mr.
Lee -- Mr. Bill Lann Lee here, I understand there was an internal
department review to see if Mr. Lee was singled out for investigation
because of his race.


Can you tell us whether there has been any progress in that review;
whether you're close to making an announcement?


ATTY GEN. RENO: There have been determinations. What I am trying to
do, as I have previously indicated, is to declassify and to obtain
approval for the declassification of as much of the Bellows Report as
possible so that everyone may be able to access all these issues.