-Caveat Lector- http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/lee001208.html ABC NEWS December 8, 2000 A Fruitful Dig FBI Finds Data Tapes in Los Alamos Landfill Dec. 8 � FBI agents digging in a trash dump may have recovered some of the missing secret data tapes that former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lee is believed to have thrown away five years ago, ABCNEWS has learned. A team of 15 FBI agents and support staff, including evidence recovery teams, began searching the Los Alamos, N.M., landfill on Nov. 28. Wearing special suits to guard against hazardous waste, they used a backhoe, a bulldozer and their own hands to search for the tapes, which contained restricted data on the nation�s nuclear arsenal. The Los Alamos landfill has a special section just for lab trash, which the FBI cordoned off. The searchers dug down through the layers and, according to two Justice Department officials, have so far retrieved several tapes. The tapes have been shipped to the FBI lab where experts are trying to determine if they are indeed the coveted Lee tapes, and agents are digging for more. Agents hope to account for up to 17 missing tapes. Archaeology Helps When Lee reached his plea bargain with the government in September, he agreed to cooperate with the FBI. Lee was required to submit to debriefing sessions during which he was to recount everything he could about his making of the tapes and what had happened to them. Sources say during those sessions, the last two of which are scheduled for next week, Lee told agents that he had discarded the tapes in the regular Los Alamos lab trash. The sources say he also named the month and year when he had thrown them away; that�s believed to be in 1995. The FBI, working with an agent whose undergraduate degree was in archaeology, were able to determine very specifically where the trash from that month in 1995 had been deposited. Case Lacked Merit A federal judge on Sept. 13 freed Lee from nine months of imprisonment after the fired Los Alamos scientist pleaded guilty to one count of having unauthorized possession of, access to, and control over documents and writings relating to the national defense. He had been charged with 59 counts of mishandling nuclear secrets and could have faced life in prison if convicted. After months of investigation, the government ultimately settled for the plea deal after the judge on the case roundly criticized much of it as lacking merit. In court, Lee read a statement admitting he used an unsecured computer to download information relating to national defense onto tapes. He said he knew his possession of the tapes outside of the top-secret area where he worked was unauthorized. Lee�s lawyers had said in court the tapes were destroyed, but the government refused to accept that explanation. After Lee�s release, U.S. Attorney Norman Bay called the deal a �fair result� that protects national security. Under the terms of the agreement, he said, Lee would tell the government what he did with the tapes. ABCNEWS� Beverley Lumpkin contributed to this report. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
