Rating: 
Summary: National Security degrades into a racial profiling witchhunt
Review: Wen Ho Lee's book covers some things missing in
Dan Stober and Ian Hoffman's "A Convenient Spy"
book. Lee's book covers the fact that when Lee
was working on his computer programs they were
not considered classified/secret but PARD, protect
as restricted data(p.118-119,262-263). Stober and
Hoffman always referrs to the programs as classified
or secret and fails to state that said the programs
were reclassified as "Restricted Data" and "Secret"
ONLY AFTER Lee was fired from his job. Lee defends
his motives to backup his data files in this book
(p.118-124). Lee also gives the reader an idea
of the politics inside the National Labs that
Stober and Hoffman totally misses. It appears
from Lee's account that he may have earned the
ill will of some scientist at the Lab for previously
criticizing the lab's "crown jewels." ( p.112-114,
228-229,271-273) Lee sometime for the sake of respecting
peoples personal lives refuses to provide any details,e.g. Stober and Hoffman's book does details U.S
Prosecutor Gorence's personal affair/contact that
forces him to step down but Lee/Zia avoided providing
an explanation (p.279). Lee's book provides
transcripts of his interrogations and gives a
better overall view of the political movement
surrounding his case than the Stober and Hoffman book.
( p. 139-144,153-157). Stober and Hoffman's book is
more myopic and lacks the political background
setting that shows how race, politics, national security,
and law enforcement merged into a racial
profiling witch hunt. Wen Ho Lee's account is
based on what he considers important and sometims
that isnot always chronological, e.g. his account of
the plea bargining process only comes as the
very end of the book when it becomes important
to understand how the case ends (p.311-312) Part I
the investigation, Tiger Trap, carol covert, FBI interrogation/accusations. Part II
Wen Ho Lee's life and career, getting legal help, the FBI searches Lee's home, getting bad press - the media leaks,
anti-china/chinese espionage politics, the FBI dragnet -family members subpoenaed. going on CBS '60 minutes.' Getting arrested Part III
denial of Bail. difficult/special imprisonment situation, the court case, CIPA (p.263-264,286-287), Alberta, Racial profiling
testimony by Robert Vrooman and Charles Washington. Trial guilty plead bargining.
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