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Botched Wen Ho Lee Spy Case

The government's case against nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee collapsed a year ago. By then, Lee had been branded a traitor and spent months in prison. The heavily edited report that led to Lee's release is a scathing indictment of the Department of Energy and FBI. It challenges the case against Lee and cites official blunders that will prevent us from ever knowing how or whether China stole America's most heavily guarded nuclear secrets. We look at the errors, the issue of racism in the investigation, and Lee's ongoing struggle to tell his side of the story with journalists, the FBI and legal experts. Newsmaker: Israel Considers Full Scale Move into West Bank - Palestinians have protested today's killing of a member of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction. Ranaan Gissin, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, responds to questions about the killing and allegations that Israel maybe considering an all-out invasion in response to more suicide bombings anticipated in the near future. Reporter's Notebook: Researchers Discover Feasibility of Human Cloning It may be illegal, but cloning human beings may be easier than cloning sheep, cows, pigs or mice. Randy Jirtle, a radiation oncologist at Duke University, has co-authored a study of cloning in today's issue of the magazine Human Molecular Genetics.

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By Warren Olney • Aug 15, 2001 • 1 min read

The government's case against nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee collapsed a year ago. By then, Lee had been branded a traitor and spent months in prison. The heavily edited report that led to Lee's release is a scathing indictment of the Department of Energy and FBI. It challenges the case against Lee and cites official blunders that will prevent us from ever knowing how or whether China stole America's most heavily guarded nuclear secrets. We look at the errors, the issue of racism in the investigation, and Lee's ongoing struggle to tell his side of the story with journalists, the FBI and legal experts.

  • Newsmaker:

    Israel Considers Full Scale Move into West Bank - Palestinians have protested today's killing of a member of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction. Ranaan Gissin, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, responds to questions about the killing and allegations that Israel maybe considering an all-out invasion in response to more suicide bombings anticipated in the near future.

  • Reporter's Notebook:

    Researchers Discover Feasibility of Human Cloning It may be illegal, but cloning human beings may be easier than cloning sheep, cows, pigs or mice. Randy Jirtle, a radiation oncologist at Duke University, has co-authored a study of cloning in today's issue of the magazine

    Human Molecular Genetics.

FBI

Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory

The New York Times

Human Molecular Genetics

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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