Error at US airport due to plain ignorance, Lee says

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By Charles Snyder
STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON
Thursday, Aug 12, 2004,Page 3

Taiwan's new top representative to Washington, David Lee (???), says the reason he was fingerprinted and photographed when he arrived at Washington's Dulles Airport last month can be attributed to ignorance of procedures by low-level bureaucrats in the airport's security system.

In his first full-fledged press conference with the Taiwanese media in Washington since taking up his post on July 23, Lee also said he hopes that final arrangements for President Chen Shui-bian's (???) transit visit to the US at the end of this month can be made later this week.

He also expressed the opinion that US policy toward Taiwan would not change much if Senator John Kerry wins the presidency over current President George W. Bush in November.

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