Barack Obama and Bill Richardson
By George Koo,San Francisco Chronicle
Many,including Bill Richardson himself,are probably wondering why anyone would object to him serving in the Obama administration. They surely have forgotten the Wen Ho Lee case and Richardson’s role in one of America’s most disgraceful cases of miscarriage of justice.
The objection to his nomination as President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of commerce arose from the fact that Richardson,while serving as Clinton’s energy secretary,never owned up to his responsibility in the case of the United States vs. Wen Ho Lee. Until he does,he cannot be allowed to forget.
The organized opposition to the appointment originated in the Bay Area and,as of last week,had more than 4,000 signatories to a petition asking Obama to reconsider Richardson’s nomination.