1.   The hold-over employees were not given new privacy waivers to sign when their file summaries were sought from the FBI.

2.   The new Clinton political appointees underwent a full-scale FBI background check, after signing privacy waivers.

3.   An embassy official said the man had not signed a privacy waiver so the embassy was not free to divulge any further information.

4.   He said that the CIA could not discuss the specifics of the case because Sterling did not agree to a privacy waiver.

5.   However, the official said the man had not signed a privacy waiver so the embassy was not free to divulge any further information on his case.

6.   The State Department said the man had not signed a privacy waiver so it could not divulge other information.

7.   The U.S. Embassy declined comment, saying that because the Chinese had allowed no consular access, officials had not obtained a privacy waiver from Zhao.