A federal grand jury indicted him on charges of stealing secrets about the U.S. nuclear arsenal for the People's Republic of China (PRC) in December 1999.[1] After federal investigators were unable to prove these initial accusations, the government conducted a separate investigation. Ultimately it charged Lee only with improper handling of restricted data, one of the original 59 indictment counts, a felony count. He pleaded guilty as part of a plea settlement.
He filed a civil suit that was settled. In June 2006, Lee received $1.6 million from the federal government and five media organizations as part of a settlement leaking his name to the press before any charges had been filed against him.[2]
Federal judge James A. Parker eventually apologized to Lee for denying him bail and putting him in solitary confinement. He excoriated the government for misconduct and misrepresentations to the court.[3]
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Bidumpdemofan 发表评论于 2024-05-27 05:18:26
李文和承认的是把机密数据私自copy带回家了，没有像你瞎说的，“已经对一项间谍罪指控认罪”了。很多科学家需要在家里继续工作，于是为了工作方便，很多人都把没有做完的数据带回家，晚上或周末继续做。李文和这么做了，他的同事们也这样做了，但只有他因为是中国人，被选择性执法，被处罚了：你可以认为这是种族歧视。