It raises question after question without answers. In fact, Lee has been under investigation since 1998 over the alleged transfer to China of information on the advanced W-88 nuclear warhead. Weeks after his firing, it was discovered that Lee had downloaded highly classified information to his unauthorized personal computer. He could receive life imprisonment. On December 29, a federal judge denied Lee bail.
Mystery surrounds the case.
After four years of investigation by 60 agents, the FBI presented no evidence at the bail hearing to indicate that Lee had passed information to foreign governments. It is unlikely that Wen Ho Lee is both a master spy and a dumbbell. His indictment mentions nothing about spying for China, yet China underlies the Federal case. If nearly half of American scientists were not Asian, it might be understandable. Lee has legally and openly supported Taiwan's nuclear program since the late 1970s.