Keeping Mum
July 22, 2005
Wen Ho Lee's legal troubles began in 1999, when he was fired from Los Alamos National Laboratory under suspicion of espionage. But the charges turned out to be unsubstantiated, and Lee sued the government for leaking his personal information to journalists. Last year, five of those reporters refused to testify about their sources, and were held in contempt. Brooke discusses the case's latest turns with Paul McMasters, First Amendment ombudsman for the Freedom Forum.
