Taiwangate -- Time for Congress to Probe Bush-Taiwan Ties
Chinese press coverage of the Taiwan slush-fund scandal has revealed enough evidence of Taiwan buying influence with the U.S. government to warrant Congressional investigations, writes PNS contributor George Koo. Chinese media -- not American media -- are raising the deepest questions about a connection between the Bush administration and a secret Taiwan government slush fund used for espionage and to buy influence for Taipei's agenda.

The evidence appears serious enough to warrant a call for congressional investigation of ties between the fund and the Bush administration.

The scandal began in March when Taipei police launched a ham- handed raid on the office of a weekly magazine to thwart news about the discovery of a covert $100 million fund of the government's shadowy National Security Bureau (NSB). From 1988 to 2000, President Lee Teng-hui had taken personal control of the NSB's money. The secret documents, say the Chinese press, outline Lee's efforts to procure influence abroad with the fund -- including in the United States.
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