Critics contend a computer search when Lee first came under suspicion would have turned up evidence against him that is only now emerging, such as the shifting of classified weapons data to an unsecured computer. I don't think the country was well served. If the Justice Department isn't at fault, then the process is at fault. The Justice Department took issue with the congressional criticism. Lee has not been charged with a crime and has repeatedly denied through his attorney that he was a spy or that he provided China with classified information.
China also denies spying.
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