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Wen 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; a federal grand jury accused him of stealing secrets about the U.S.'s nuclear arsenal for the People's Republic of China (PRC) in December 1999 [1]. 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 of a civil suit he had filed against them. [2]

Early life

Lee was born in 1939 in Nantou, Taiwan. He graduated from Keelung High School in the northern part of the island in 1959, after which he attended National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, where he graduated with a bachelor's of science in mechanical engineering in 1963. [3]

Graduate education and career

Lee came to the United States in 1965 to continue his studies in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his doctorate in 1969 and became a U.S. citizen in 1974. [4] He was employed at industrial and government research firms before he moved to New Mexico in 1978. He worked as a scientist in weapons design at Los Alamos National Laboratory in applied mathematics and fluid dynamics from that year until 1999.

Personal life

Lee and his wife, Sylvia [5] [6] [[7]] [[8], have two grown children, Alberta (born about 1974), and Chung [9] [10]. Alberta was a second-year law student at the University of California, Davis, in 2004 [11]. He has a brother, Lucky, a jewelry wholesaler in San Francisco [12] [13].

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.
U.S., Media Settle With Wen Ho Lee, Washington Post, June 2, 2006.

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-'''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]]; a federal [[grand jury]] 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 [http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/lee_indict.html]. 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.
+'''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]]; a federal [[grand jury]] 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 [http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/lee_indict.html]. 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 of a civil suit he had filed against them. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201060.html]
 ==Early life==