DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1999
United States Government and Its Officials
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or The University of Michigan.
Last updated on September 6,
1999
NASA
Apollo 11 Commemorative Web Site
- Apollo 11 landed on the moon, June 20, 1969
- Picture gallery, maps, diaries, press statements by astronauts
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
Apollo: Expeditions
to the Moon
- Web version of an illustrated NASA book published in 1975
- History and timeline of NASA's Apollo program going back to 1958
- Description of the Apollo missions
- Benefits of the space program
Background
- Wall Street Journal reported on January 7 that China had stolen nuclear
secrets from Los Alamos Laboratory in the mid-1980s
- Received greater publicity after the New York Times reported it on
March 6, 1999
- Situation discovered in 1995
- China denied allegations on March 7
Central
Intelligence Agency Damage Assessment
- Press release dated April 21, 1999
- Link to summary of Cox Commission's key findings
China Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
- Text of press releases and foreign policy in English
China's Changing Nuclear
Posture: Reactions to the South Asian Nuclear Tests (Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace)
- China's reaction to the 1998 nuclear tests in Pakistan and India
- Possible changes to its nuclear policy
- Monograph in thirteen pdf chapters
Chinese Nuclear
Espionage Suspect (Policy.com)
- Summary of the issues
- Links to Congressional and Energy Department press releases;
transcript of interview with Al Gore
- Text of unclassified Congressional testimony
Cox Commission Report
- Declassified sections of report outlining two decades of Chinese
spying on U.S. nuclear secrets
- CNN
Copy
- Washington
Times Copy
- Christopher Cox
- Representative Cox chaired the committee assessing the damage; the
report itself is classified
- Web site includes speeches on China policy
CNN
Coverage
- CNN story dated March 7, 1999
- Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiayuan denies charges
- Spy
Suspect Fired (March 8) although no hard evidence
Defense
Intelligence Agency Estimate - 1984
- DIA report issued in April 1984 estimates Chinese contacts with U.S.
scientists to improve quality of its nuclear arsenal
- Text of FOIA document in GIF format
General
Accounting Office Reports
- Full text of reports issued since 1994 on information security problems
- Sample search: security AND "department of energy"
New York Times
- Use search engine to identify original article, China
Stole Nuclear Secrets from Los Alamos, U.S. Officials Say,
by James Risen and Jeff Gerth, March 6, 1999
- Also available on University of Michigan campus through Academic
Universe
President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
- Report on DOE security problems
- Science at Its Best: Security at its Worst
discussed security leaks at Dept. of Energy laboratories
Interview with Senator
Richard Shelby
- Senator Shelby is chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
- Interview with Tim Russert of Meet the Press on March 7, 1999
- Secret hearings to begin the week of March 15, 1999
- Senator Shelby's web
site includes numerous press releases on the subject
Presidential Decision
Directive 61 (PDD-61)
- Issued by President Clinton in February 1998
- Orders agencies and particularly the Dept. of Energy to strengthen
counter-intelligence measures
- PDD-61 is classified but summary from the Federation of American
Scientists
Senator Lieberman's Criticism
- Press release dated August 5, 1999 discusses mishandling of the
Wen-Ho Lee investigation
Wall
Street Journal (UMich Only)
- China Got Secret Data on U.S. Warhead
- Article by Carla Anne Robbins in Wall Street Journal, Eastern
Edition, p. A3, January 7, 1999
- Access ProQuest; limit search to Wall Street Journal; use advanced
search to limit date to January 1999; keywords: china and warhead
CNN Coverage
- Article dated on March 6, 1999 reports attack on Defense Department
computers in previous months
- Cites classified testimony to Congress
Defense
Department Web Policies
- Policies and memoes for Defense Department webmasters
General
Accounting Office Reports
- Full text of reports issued since 1994 on information security problems
- Sample search: security AND "department of defense"
Senate Armed
Services Committee
- Selected testimony on February 2, 1999 refers to cyberattacks
- Subsequent hearings could be closed
House Armed Services
Committee
- Deputy Secretary of Defense reported hacking to House Armed Services
Committee on February 23, 1999; information is classified and not available
- Subcommittee on Military Research, chaired by Curt Weldon, to
investigate
Background
- Former CIA director John M Deutch headed a commission to study U.S.
intelligence related to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons
proliferation
- Vice Chair was Arlen Specter
Baltimore Sun
- Article dated July 8 describing draft of report
Text of speech made in San Francisco,
February 26, 1999
Federal
Tax Forms (IRS)
- Tax forms, instructions, and publications in PDF (Adobe Acrobat),
PCL, PostScript, and SGML format
- See "eyeglasses" at the bottom of the screen for keyword searching
- Although the tax forms print well, the tax booklets may be too long to
effectively print
- Many reproducible tax forms also available at the Documents
Center
Income Tax
Information on the Internet
- Links to federal and state tax
forms
- Extensive links to professional articles on
taxation issues
- Taxation treaties, new laws, policies
Internal
Revenue Code
- Searchable by keyword or detailed table of contents
Michigan 1998 Tax Forms
State Tax Forms
(LSU)
- Clear listing of links to tax forms from various states
State Tax
Forms
- Links to state tax forms and information by state
Tax
Planning Guide
- From Deloitte and Touche
- Tax changes in 1997
- Tax planning tools and strategies for
1998
Background
- Juanita Broaddrick has charged that Bill Clinton sexually assaulted
her in 1978
- News broke in February 1999, after the impeachment vote
- Considerable press introspection on whether story should have been
broken
Affadavit Denying
Non-Consensual Sex
- Affadavit filed on March 30, 1998
Dateline NBC
Interview
- Transcript of Lisa Myers' interview with Juanita Broaddrick on
February 24, 1999
- Links to opinion pieces and an interview with Lisa Myers
Larry King Live
Interview
- Interview on story with Dorothy Rabinowitz (Wall Street Journal),
David Gergen (U.S. News and World Report), Patricia Ireland (National
Organization for Women), Howard Kurtz (Washington Post), William Bennett
(Empower America), and Jeff Greenfield (CNN)
- Aired on February 25, 1999
National Organization
for Women Press Release
- NOW Calls on Clinton to Foreswear "Nuts or Sluts" Defense;
Work with Congress to Strengthen Women's Rights Laws
- Released by Patricia Ireland on February 25, 1999
Wall Street Journal
- Initial story broken by Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall Street
Journal, Eastern Edition, February 19, 1999, p. A18
- Available to UMich Only via campus subscription to Pro-Quest
Delivered by President Clinton on
January 19, 1999
Speech, background materials
National Town Meeting for a
Sustainable America
- Convention
Announcement
- Conference in Detroit, Michigan, May 2-5, 1999
- Web site includes participant information
- Detroit News
- Local coverage of the convention
- Its Suburbs on the
Edge is a series of articles describing the issues in
Detroit and elsewhere
- Sustainable
America
- Extensive description of program, exhibits, and tours
- Media Center includes press releases and
examples of sustainable development
President's
Council on Sustainable Development
- Members of committee and Executive Order creating it
- Goals include: health, prosperity, equity, conservation,
stewardship, sustainable communities, civic engagement, population,
international responsibility, and education
Background
- The FBI surrounded the compound of the Branch Davidian cult led by
David Koresh on April 19, 1993
- A fire later broke out and almost all members of the cult were killed
- The siege was later blamed for the Oklahoma City Bombing on April 19,
1995
- The situation was investigated by Congress at the time
- News broke on August 25, 1999 that the FBI may have used incendiary
devices
News Coverage
- CNN
- August 26th report includes FBI press release, Attorney General Janet
Reno's reaction
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial Congressional
Investigation
- Hearings: Events Surrounding the Branch Davidian Cult
Standoff in Waco, Texas
- Held by the House Judiciary Committee on April 28, 1993
- Printed copy call number: Y4.J89/1:103/95
- Microfiche call number: CIS 1995 95-H521-63
- Hearings: Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
Toward the Branch Davidians
- Hearings conducted by the House Judiciary and Government Reform
Committees, July 19-August 1, 1995
- See Congressional
Universe (UMich Only) for selected testimony
- Documents Center copies
- Paper: Y4.J89/1:104-72, pts. 1-3
- Microfiche: CIS Microfiche 1996, H521-58, 59, 60
- Committee Print: Materials Related to the Investigation of
Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch
Davidians
- House Judiciary Committee, 1995
- Paper: Y 4.J89/1: L44/4
- Microfiche: CIS 1997 H522-7
- Report: Investigation into the Activites of
Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch
Davidians
- House Judiciary Committee House Report 104-749
- Text copy from THOMAS
and GPODocuments
Center: Y 1.1/8: 104-749
- Hearings: Aftermath of Waco: Changes in Federal Law
Enforcement
- Held by Senate Judiciary Committee, October 31-November 1, 1995
- Selected testimony available on Congressional Universe
(UMich Only)
- Documents Center copies
- Paper: Y4.J89/2:S.HRG.104-824
- Microfiche: CIS 97-S521-31
Yahoo
- Links to PBS specials and the Waco Electric Museum
Background information, speeches
Facilitator guide and agenda
Links to other federal web sites
- Topics include employment and
disability protections, school violence, victims of crime
Led by Tipper
Gore and held on June 7, 1999
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