Wen Ho Lee
In an interview with FOX News Channel [09/15/00], Esther Pollard called the Wen Ho Lee Spy case, "the microcosm" and the Pollard case "the macrocosm."
The common elements of both cases include:
- racial profiling
- false charges
- false testimony by government officials
- lack of evidence
- government hiding behind a veil of secrecy to cover the lack of evidence
- grossly exaggerated, unsubstantiated claims of damage
- constant leaking of hyperbolic lies to the media by government officials
- government's need for a patsy to cover for other unexplained crimes
- abuse of power by the executive branch of government
- subversion of the judicial process by the executive branch for motives not related to the guilt or innocence of the accused
- harsh treatment of the accused in brutal conditions of incarceration
For a thumbnail sketch of the Wen Ho Lee Case, see the article by Richard Cohen: Los Alamos 'Spy' Case Should Alarm Us All.
It should be noted that Cohen is appalled by Wen Ho Lee's 9 months in solitary confinement. He has yet to write about Jonathan Pollard's 7 years in solitary or his year in a prison facility for the criminally insane.
The point that has completely eluded journalists like Cohen and his colleagues is that the Wen Ho Lee case is a very condensed version of the Pollard case. Unfortunately the news media is still so suffused with the lies about Jonathan Pollard that have repeatedly been leaked by the American Government that it has not even noticed the obvious parallels.
Unlike Wen Ho Lee, Pollard continues to languish in prison in his 15th year of a life sentence.
Mrs. Pollard told FOX TV that in September 2000 Jonathan Pollard and his attorneys will file a lawsuit that "will make the Wen Ho Lee case look like small change."
See also Facts of the case
Articles
1996:- July 30: WHY WON'T CLINTON RELEASE POLLARD? Emanuel A. Winston
- Oct. 30: Pollard's Weinberger Problem: Kenneth Timmerman
- Apr. 7: Illegal Transfer of U.S. Ballistic Missile Technology to China: Emanuel A. Winston
- Apr. 7: US FIRMS AID CHINA BALLISTIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY: Emanuel A. Winst
- June 6: Pollard And The Transfer of Military Technology To China: The Jewish Press
- Dec. 9: WHY WON'T CLINTON RELEASE POLLARD? Emanuel A. Winston
- Dec. 10: WHITE HOUSE PLOTS TO SKIRT CONGRESS ON EXPORTS: Emanuel A. Winston
- Jan. 7: China Got Secret Data on U.S. Warhead: The Wall Street Journal
- Jan. 27: Israel illegally shared sensitive American Tech with China: JTA
- Feb. 1: The Man Who Protects America From Terrorism: The New York Times
- Feb. 3: Israel Defense Ministry Response to Charge of Tech Transfer to China
- Feb. 14: Technology Transfer (CIA Tells Part of Story): Emanuel A. Winston
- Mar. 6: China Stole Nuclear Secrets From Los Alamos, U.S. Officials Say: The New York Times
- Mar. 6: Clinton Acts After Possible Nuclear Theft By China: Reuters
- Mar. 6: China May Have Stolen Nuke Secrets: AP
- Mar. 7: Clinton Aides Admit Lapses on Espionage by Chinese: The New York Times
- Mar. 7: U.S. Lawmaker Blasts Clinton Over Nuclear Leak: Reuters
- Mar. 7: U.S. Probing Whether China Stole Nuclear Secrets: Reuters
- Mar. 7: China Slams U.S. Nuclear Theft Charge As Baseless: Reuters
- Mar. 7: China obtained U.S. nuclear secrets through security breach, official says: CNN
- Mar. 7: Suspect in Probe of China Atomic Spying Fails Polygraph: The Washington Post
- Mar. 8: American Defeat: William Safire
- Mar. 8: Tattle Tales: Selling U.S. Secrets to China
- Mar. 9: Chinese Nuclear Espionage: The New York Times
- Mar. 9: U.S. Fires Nuclear Scientist Suspected of Spying for China: The New York Times
- Mar. 10: Richardson defends weapons labs: USA Today
- Mar. 10: GOP wants answers on China spy probe: USA Today
- Mar. 11: Analyze This: Why Jonathan Pollard is Still in Prison: NJJNews
- Mar. 11: Berger: I won't quit over security flap: USA Today
- Mar. 11: Selling America's Secrets: Emanuel A. Winston
- Mar. 12: Chinagate and Jonathan Pollard: Editorial, The Jewish Press (N.Y.)
- Mar. 12: Chinese Steal U.S. Secrets - An Overview: Ephraim Guttman
- Mar. 12: The Diplomatic Trade: A.M. Rosenthal
- Mar. 13: China and Iraq - Political Parallels: Response to Slate Online Magazine
- Mar. 13: An Earlier China Spy Case Points Up Post-Cold War Ambiguities: The New York Times
- Mar. 14: Administration, GOP spar over spy case: USA Today
- Mar. 14: Seeing Beyond Spies Is the Hard Part: The New York Times
- Mar. 14: The ABC's of Spying: Robert Gates
- Mar. 14: China, Without Illusions: The New York Times
- Mar. 15: Chinese premier: Nuclear spying a fallacy: USA Today
- Mar. 15: CIA launches probe of China spying: USA Today
- Mar. 15: 'No Question,' U.S. Says, Leak Helped China: The New York Times
- Mar. 15: Of Nukes & Spooks: William Safire
- Mar. 15: White House dismisses China's spying denials: Reuters
- Mar. 15: Theft Report Is a 'Farce,' China Says: The New York Times
- Mar. 15: The Senate Record P2613
- Mar. 15: Los Alamos Spies, Then and Now: David Holloway
- Mar. 16: Leading Senators Demand U.S. Limit Help for Beijing: The New York Times
- Mar. 16: Los Alamos Scientist Admits Contacts With Chinese, U.S. Says: The New York Times
- Mar. 17: Senators briefed privately on spy case: Bill Gertz
- Mar. 17: FAQ on Los Alamos spy case: USA Today
- Mar. 17: The Year China Policy Went Awry: The New York Times
- Mar. 19: The Banality of Evil: Jewish Press New York
- Mar. 22: Chinese Spying Called Worse than Kosovo: The Washington Times
- Mar. 24: Suspect Scientist Led Key Los Alamos Program: The New York Times
- Mar. 26: Larry Dub Responds to President's Legal Counsel: Media Release
- Apr. 8: Intelligence Report Points to Second China Nuclear Leak: The New York Times
- Apr. 22: Successful Spying by China: John Diamond
- Apr. 29: The Deadliest Download: William Safire
- Apr. 30: Spies and Character: A.M. Rosenthal
- May 4: Senators grill nuclear lab chiefs on security: CNN
- May 10: Reports Show Scientist Gave U.S. Radar Secrets to China: The New York Times
- May 10: Connect China's Dots: William Safire
- May 14: As Chinagate Builds, David Tenenbaum's Case Resurfaces: The Jewish Press
- May 26: The Overview: Spying Charges Against Beijing Are Spelled Out by House Panel: The New York Times
- May 26: Spy Report Sparks GOP Attack: Vernon Loeb
- May 26: China spy report stuns Capitol Hill: The Washington Times
- May 26: China 'spying for 20 years': BBC News
- June 7: China's New Hostages: Angelo M. Codevilla
- July 14: U.S. May Bring Lesser Charges In China Spy Probe: Reuters
- Dec. 11: Scientist faces nuclear charges: BBC News
- Dec. 14: Scientist in secrets case 'not guilty': BBC News
- Dec. 21: US scientist sues over spy claim: BBC News
- Dec. 24: Gov't Seeks To Deny Bail for Lee: AP
- Dec. 29: US Judge Nixes Nuke Scientist's Bid to Leave Jail: Reuters
- Dec. 30: Nuclear scientist refused bail: BBC News
- June 19: Both Sides Confront Legal Risks on Nuclear Secrets: The New York Times
- June 27: Defense Seeks to Throw Out Documents in Secrets Case: The New York Times
- Aug. 16: Defense Argues Ethnicity Made Scientist a Suspect: The New York Times
- Aug. 25: Accused Scientist to Go Free on Bail in Los Alamos: The New York Times
- Aug. 26: Bail Ruling for Scientist Puts Federal Case in Jeopardy: The New York Times
- Aug. 30: Judge Orders U.S. to Turn Over Data in Secrets Inquiry: The New York Times
- Sept. 1: 2 Affidavits Are Unsealed in Secrets Case At Los Alamos: The New York Times
- Sept. 7: Court to Consider Bail for Scientist In Secrets Case: The New York Times
- Sept. 10: Jailed Scientist OKs Plea Agreement: AP
- Sept. 11: U.S. to Reduce Case Against Scientist to a Single Charge: The New York Times
- Sept. 11: Wen Ho Lee case: More like Dreyfus than Rosenbergs: CNN
- Sept. 12: Apocalypse Not: Sidney Zion
- Sept. 12: Dispute by Lawyers Delays Guilty Plea by Wen Ho Lee: The New York Times
- Sept. 12: News Analysis: Back to Square One: The New York Times
- Sept. 12: Los Alamos 'Spy' Case Should Alarm Us All: New York Daily News
- Sept. 14: Clinton Says He Is 'Troubled' by Handling of Scientist's Case: The New York Times
- Sept. 14: Nuclear Scientist Set Free After Plea in Secrets Case; Judge Attacks U.S. Conduct: The New York Times
- Sept. 14: Statement of Judge In Los Alamos Case With Apology for Abuse of Power: The New York Times
- Sept. 17: Wen Ho Lee and Jonathan Pollard: Justice4JP Release
- Sept. 18: Assemblyman Sam Colman's Letter to President Clinton
- Sept. 19: The Wen Ho Lee Diversion: OpinionJournal
- Sept. 24: U.S. Blunders Undermined Lee Case: Washington Post
- Jan. 15: Scientist Lee Says U.S. Targeted Him Due to Race: Reuters
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