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By Associated Press

Alberta Lee, the daughter of Los Alamos research scientist Wen Ho Lee, said she is hopeful her father will receive an apology from the federal government and a presidential pardon.

The 26-year-old technical writer from San Francisco spoke on Oct. 1 at Wesley United Methodist Church along with supporters from the Justice for Wen Ho Lee Committee, Minnesota, and the Chinese American Association of Minnesota, about what they claim was the government’s rush to judgment in a case that highlights mistrust of Asian Americans.

Alberta Lee said she has not received any word that her father would receive either an apology or pardon.

Last year, Los Alamos National Laboratory fired Wen Ho Lee, who was later indicted on 59 federal felonies for improperly transferring nuclear secrets to portable computer tapes. He pleaded guilty to one count last month and was set free; the judge in the case apologized to Lee and blamed “top decision-makers in the executive branch” for his detention.

The Justice Department and the FBI maintain they were correct in incarcerating Lee.

Kimay Yuen Terry, chairwoman of the Justice for Wen Ho Lee Committee, said the case highlighted how justice is not always delivered equally to all Americans.

“We really hang onto every word to the great American principles of equal justice under the law,” Terry said. “Wen Ho Lee is free, but has justice been served?”

Alberta Lee said for now, her father is enjoying his freedom.

“He’s probably working on the garden right now,” Alberta Lee said. “He’s got a few more months to let the shrubs grow before winter comes in New Mexico.”