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October 6 - October 12, 2000
Government Defends Case Against Lee
After spending nine months in solitary confinement on 59 charges of breaching national security, Wen Ho Lee walked free Sept. 13, sentenced to the time he had served awaiting trial. His case, however, has sparked further debate this week as the FBI and Attorney General Janet Reno defended their handling of the case amidst growing public support for the scientist, and the publication of an extraordinary 1,680-word editorial from the New York Times that acknowledged its coverage was flawed.
On Sept. 26, in a Senate Judiciary and Select Intelligence committee hearing, FBI Director Louis Freeh testified that prosecutors could have sent scientist Wen Ho Lee to prison for years but agreed to let him plead guilty to a single charge out of the fear that atomic weapons secrets would become public at a trial.
California's Uninsured Rate Declines, but Still High
(in Bay Area News)
Is Your Web Biz Sticky?
(in Business)
Carving a New Career with Erhu
(in A&E)
Emil Amok: The New York Times and Wen Ho Lee
(in Opinion)
Government Defends Case Against Lee
After spending nine months in solitary confinement on 59 charges of breaching national security, Wen Ho Lee walked free Sept. 13, sentenced to the time he had served awaiting trial. His case, however, has sparked further debate this week as the FBI and Attorney General Janet Reno defended their handling of the case amidst growing public support for the scientist, and the publication of an extraordinary 1,680-word editorial from the New York Times that acknowledged its coverage was flawed.
On Sept. 26, in a Senate Judiciary and Select Intelligence committee hearing, FBI Director Louis Freeh testified that prosecutors could have sent scientist Wen Ho Lee to prison for years but agreed to let him plead guilty to a single charge out of the fear that atomic weapons secrets would become public at a trial.
| California's Uninsured Rate Declines, but Still High (in Bay Area News) Is Your Web Biz Sticky? Carving a New Career with Erhu Emil Amok: The New York Times and Wen Ho Lee |
Also In This Section
After past blunders, Asian Americans seize the rights and responsibilities of the election process At a Chinatown fundraiser last week, Washington Gov. Gary Locke rallied the support of dozens of donors, each of whom had paid at least $250 for the privilege of hearing the governor speak. The appreciative audience included numerous Chinatown and political dignitaries, including U.S. Rep. Robert Underwood, D-Guam. It was another successful event for Locke, except that this was Chinatown in Washington, D.C., not Washington State. Although thousands of miles away from home, Locke drew at least 150 donors to this event, including most of the key players in D.C.’s Chinese American business and political communities.
A Bigger and Better Political Force
House Passes Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill:
A major hurdle is overcome to politically recognizing the descendants of the islands’ original inhabitants.
College Photo Doctored to Look “Diverse”:
The University of Idaho pulls from its Web site a photo altered to include two minorities.
Deportee Citizenship Case Reaches High Court:
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to award citizenship to a convicted felon whose father is a n American.
Vietnamese American Drug Ring Raided:
Federal agents arrest 8 in a New Orleans ethnic neighborhood.
Washington Journal:
Asian Americans and Election 2000. Columnist Phil Tajitsu Nash on the rising influence of the Asian American vote.
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