Part of Wen Ho Lee Report Due for Release

[Judi Lynn]

Part of Wen Ho Lee Report Due for Release
By RICHARD BENKE
Associated Press Writer


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)--Unclassified portions of a never-released Justice Department report on the investigation and prosecution of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee will be given to a government secrecy watchdog.

``It's the answer to the question: What went wrong?'' said Steven Aftergood, who will receive the materials.

The report was prepared after the criminal case against Lee crumbled and he was freed in 2000. Its release had been repeatedly rejected by the Justice Department under both Janet Reno and John Ashcroft.

Aftergood appealed their refusals, and Justice Department official Richard Huff responded by working out a plan for the release. Huff wrote Aftergood on Jan. 21 that the office would send him ``the releasable information contained in the unclassified portions of the report.''
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AP-NY-02-02-04 2008EST
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V3460.AP-Wen-Ho-Lee.html

[Diego360]

1. Which is why if Richardson is VP candidate

and doesn't immediately apologize to Dr. Lee and his family, I will vote Green. Gov. Richardson is a stain on this country's honor.

[mainer]

2. I absolutely agree!

Richardson ought to apologize. Lee was royally screwed by the government -- and by Richardson.

[revcarol]

3. My nose is still pinched from having to hold it so hard

to vote for Richardson.

Our own Dreyfus case, except ethnic not religious.