Chinese Nuclear Spying: The Inside Story; Whistleblower Reveals the Facts

3/13/2003

From: Marcus Sgro of the Hudson Institute, 202-974-6445, e-mail: marcus@hudsondc.org

News Advisory:

Mr. Notra Trulock, former Director of Intelligence at the Department of Energy, will discuss his book, "Code Name Kindred Spirit: Inside the Chinese Nuclear Espionage Scandal" (Encounter, 2002), at a Hudson Institute National Security Issues Luncheon Discussion on Friday, March 14. The lunch will begin at 12 noon at 2105 Rayburn House Office Building, with Notra's remarks at 12:20 p.m.

Until he blew the whistle on the Chinese nuclear espionage scandal, his career was an unbroken record of success. At that point, he was hounded out of government and private sector firms doing business with the government. After spending most of his career avoiding the media limelight, ironically, in the last two years he has appeared on most of the Sunday talk shows and has seen his ethics, morals, and life widely discussed in many of our nation's newspapers. The release of his book now gives him the opportunity to reveal the truth about the scandal.

Trulock is eminently qualified to provide the facts presented in his book, having three decades of experience in leading and managing intelligence and security organizations in government and industry. As Senior Intelligence Officer and Director of Intelligence, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), he established an enviable reputation for innovation and reform of DOE intelligence, counterintelligence, and security programs. As a staff member of Los Alamos National Laboratory, he co-authored the first National Security Estimate on Security of Nuclear Weapons in the former Soviet Union, and was instrumental in motivating Administration and Congressional leaders to undertake policy initiatives including Cooperative Threat Reduction, USG fissile material protection, and Nunn-Lugar-Domenici programs.

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