Facebook Twitter Email
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2001

An additional chapter of a federal inquiry into the investigation of former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee faults the FBI for assigning low level agents to the case, making numerous mistakes and ignoring orders to consider other suspects.

Randy I. Bellows, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote the report, which was presented to former Attorney General Janet Reno more than a year ago. Only selected parts of it have been made public due to national security concerns.

Initially charged with 59 felony counts, Lee's case was reduced to just one, to which he pleaded guilty. Lee and his supporters maintain he was targeted solely because of his Asian ancestry.

Get the Story:
Report Details More FBI Blunders in Wen Ho Lee Probe (The Washington Post 8/27)

Relevant Links:
Los Alamos National Laboratory - http://www.lanl.gov
The Wen Ho Lee Defense Fund - http://www.wenholee.org

Related Stories:
Report blasts probe of Wen Ho Lee (8/14)
Report says no racial bias in Lee spy case (8/8)
Lee finally goes free (9/14)
Wen Ho Lee still in jail (9/12)
Wen Ho Lee goes free today (9/11)
Wen Ho Lee still in jail (9/5)
Wen Ho Lee could be freed today (9/1)
Judge orders Wen Ho Lee release (08/25)