Civil Rights Groups Get Voice in Lee Case
A judge granted friend-of-the-court status Wednesday to two civil rights groups seeking disclosure of any evidence that Taiwanese-born nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee was singled out for prosecution because of ethnic profiling.
U.S. District Judge James Parker agreed Wednesday to allow the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Law Caucus to file briefs in support of the defense petition for disclosure.
Parker also is considering defense motions to dismiss all but 10 counts against Lee and to allow Lee’s release on bail pending his Nov. 6 trial. Lee is accused of transferring restricted data to unsecured computers and tape at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He is not charged with espionage.
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