Keystone Kops

Janet Reno told Congress that the Justice Department didn’t approve FBI wiretaps of suspect nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee because Lee by reputation was pro-Taiwan and anti-Communist: “How are you [a spy for China] if you are clearly working with the Taiwanese government on matters that apparently involve non-classified information?” Reno asked, in a transcript released last week. So the attorney general believes a spy for Beijing must advertise his pro-Beijing sentiments?

Further confirmation, it would seem, that counterintelligence problems begin as intelligence problems.