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JUSTICE INVESTIGATING CIA FOR POSSIBLE CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS

CIA Graphic December 5, 1998 Web posted at: 1:38 p.m. EST (1838 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is conducting an obstruction-of-justice investigation of CIA officials who passed along to a satellite contractor sensitive information about a Senate investigation into technology transfers to China.

Government officials reached late Friday said the criminal investigation centers on information passed by the intelligence agency to Hughes Electronics Corp., maker of both commercial and spy satellite systems.

At issue is whether that information compromised a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into allegations that Hughes and other U.S. companies violated federal export laws by sharing restricted technology with China as part of commercial satellite export deals.

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