Nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee came to public attention as a master spy, the man who supposedly gave hydrogen bomb secrets from Los Alamos National Laboratory to China. But by the time he walked free from a New Mexico courtroom he appeared--even to President Clinton--to be a victim of overzealous federal prosecutors. The full story is of a much more complicated man. Stober & Hoffman's vivid narrative reveals Lee & his wife Sylvia as an integral part of a secret intelligence game between U.S. & Chinese nuclear weapons designers, each side quietly trading information to learn about the warheads of the other. Stober & Hoffman, veteran reporters of the nuclear weapons world, provide the inside story of the court drama, of how participants in the quiet diplomacy offered behind-the-scenes help to the defense. The authors question whether there would have been any prosecution at all if the Republican Congress had not seized on the case as a way to attack the Clinton administration & create a new enemy--China--in the aftermath of the Cold War. A Convenient Spy also offers a window on the evolution of modern nuclear weapons & the implications for future Sino-U.S. relations.
- ISBN:
- 9780743223782
- 9780743223782
-
Category:
- Espionage & secret services
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
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01-01-2002
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 239.27x159.51x29.21mm
- Weight:
- 0.62kg
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