Computer Tapes Possibly Related to Wen Ho Lee Case Found in Landfill
FBI agents have found several computer tapes in a New Mexico landfill and the bureau’s laboratory is trying to determine if they contain nuclear weapon data downloaded by a former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.
But this official, speaking on condition of anonymity, cautioned that agents combing the muddy, snowy Los Alamos County landfill previously found items that were suspected to be among the 17 tapes made by the fired scientist Wen Ho Lee but turned out not to be when tested.
FBI spokesman Bill Elwell in Albuquerque said, “We can neither confirm nor deny” the report that tapes have been found.
Elwell said the search concluded Friday for the week and no decision had been made on whether to send agents back out next week.
One of Lee’s lawyers, Mark Holscher, had no comment “other than to say Dr. Lee continues to cooperate with the government.”
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