UPDATE on Sherry Chen
"Spy" Case
You may recall that 80-20 sought the good office of Senator Tom Carper of Delaware to seek answers to the unfortunate encounter of Sherry Chen with the Dept. of Justice, DOJ. For details, see a New York Times article "Accused of Spying for China, Until She Wasn't".
You may recall that 80-20 sought the good office of Senator Tom Carper of Delaware to seek answers to the unfortunate encounter of Sherry Chen with the Dept. of Justice, DOJ. For details, see a New York Times article "Accused of Spying for China, Until She Wasn't".
Senator Carper's office has been most helpful.
His staff made repeated inquires with DOJ. The
latest I have heard is that the DOJ is conducting hundreds of
interviews relating to this matter. Therefore, it'll
be sometime yet before DOJ would reply formally.
My own sense is that DOJ understands
by now the very strong concerns of the Asian Am
community in DOJ's apparent mishandling of the Sherry Chen case.
It is seriously investigating whether race was an element in the
handling of the Sherry Chen case. However, we should await a
formal DOJ report to be certain.
80-20 is thus far satisfied with the progress of
our strong concerns expressed to DOJ and conveyed by the good office
of Sen. Carper.
UPDATE on 80-20's letter to Atty. Gen. Lynch
On June 16, 80-20 Pres. S. B. Woo wrote to Attorney General Lynch
via email and a certified letter, return receipt requested. The aim
of the letter was "to erase the chilling effect produced
by the mishandling of the Sherry Chen case."A few days ago,
Woo received a form reply from DOJ stating: "Your letter will be
reviewed and if a response or an update is necessary it will be sent to
you within 60 business days. . . ."
Note that Woo's email to AG Lynch NEVER received
a reply. However, 80-20 knows that in dealing with the
government, it is best to have a paper trail. That was why "a certified letter, return receipt
requested' was sent together along with an email. :-)
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