Wen Ho Lee
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Article ImagesWen Ho Lee (Chinese: 李文和; pinyin: Lǐ Wénhé; born December 21, 1939) is a Taiwanese-born 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 U.S.'s 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.
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External links
- Wen Ho Lee to Plead Guilty to One Felony Count of Mishandling Classified Data, Set Free, CNN September 13, 2000
- No Defense: How the New York Times Convicted Wen Ho Lee, The Nation, October 23, 2000.
- Fox News article about lawsuit settlement
- Judge Parker's apology to Wen Ho Lee
- Activist site about Wen Ho Lee
- Washington Post collection of articles relating to the Wen Ho Lee case
- Indictment document of Wen Ho Lee
- Richardson Named As Likely Source of Wen Ho Lee Leak, By Adam Rankin, Albuquerque Journal (Sunday, July 10, 2005)
- "Scapegoat of the Century" argues against several popular conceptions of Lee.
- Does the Administration Owe Wen Ho Lee an Apology?: offers points and counter-points.
- FBI director Louis Freeh testifies on Wen Ho Lee Case, CNN, September 26, 2000.
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.
- Dan Stober and Ian Hoffman, A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage (Simon & Schuster, 2002) ISBN 0-7432-2378-0.
- Notra Trulock, Code Name Kindred Spirit: Inside the Chinese Nuclear Espionage Scandal (Encounter Books, 2002) ISBN 1-893554-51-1.