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{{Chinese name|[[Li (李)|李 (Lee)]]}}

'''Wen Ho Lee''' ({{zh-cp|c=李文和|p=Lǐ Wénhé}}; born [[December 21]], [[1939]]) is a [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]]-born [[United States|American]] scientist who worked for the [[University of California]] at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]; the United States Government accused him of stealing secrets about the [[United States|U.S.]]'s [[nuclear weapon|nuclear arsenal]] for the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in December 1999. After investigators dropped these original accusations, the government conducted a new investigation and charged Lee with improper handling of restricted data, to which he pleaded guilty as part of a [[plea bargain]] In June 2006 Lee received $1.6 million from the federal government and five media organizations as part of a settlement.

== See also ==

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*[http://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1382b-1.html ''Does the Administration Owe Wen Ho Lee an Apology?'']: offers points and counter-points.

*[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/law.and.politics/09/26/freeh.lee/ ''FBI director Louis Freeh testifies on Wen Ho Lee Case''], CNN, September 26, 2000.

*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201060.html ''U.S., Media Settle With Wen Ho Lee''], Washington Post, June 2, 2006.

==Further reading==

* Wen Ho Lee and [[Helen Zia]], ''My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy'' (Hyperion, 2003) ISBN 0-7868-8687-0.