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Wen Ho Lee's Case Hypotheses (WHL is a spy who passed US nuclear…
Wen Ho Lee's Case Hypotheses
WHL is a spy who passed US nuclear weapons data to the Chinese.
When? No specifics
Where? No specifics
What? Passed US nuclear weapons data to Chinese.
Why? Because he is a spy.
Who? Wen Ho Lee
How? Lack of evidence
Unclear purpose of trips.
Used Chinese language notes to download codes used to develop nuclear weapons.
He knows how spying works since he is an informant of the FBI.
He has clearance and access to classified and unclassified nuclear weapons related files.
Needs further testing.
WHL stole US nuclear secrets in exchange of receiving benefits with monetary value from the Chinese.
Needs further testing.
Received a fee of about $5000 from Chung Shan Military Institute in Taiwan. At the same time,he downloaded an unclassified computer code form LANL which investigators later learned.
Travel paid by private Taiwanese company.
WHL downloaded massive amount of LANL files to get a new job.
Needs further testing.
Transferred files form classified to unclassified computer with tape drives.
Investigators found letters inquiring about job prospects.
Learned that he might be laid off from LANL due to budget cuts
WHL inadvertently shared classified information to the Chinese Scientist.
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Needs further testing.
Told his supervisor that he had failed the polygraph and might have inadvertently passed classified information.
WHL did not report some Chinese contacts and trips to avoid being misunderstood of malicious intent.
Assumption, an illogical hypothesis
WHL passed US nuclear data as a service and merely patriotic to the People's Republic of China.
Assumption since he was born and lived in Taiwan.
WHL is aiding fellow Taiwanese-American obtain US bomb secrets who already been suspected by the FBI.
Worthy of attention.
Denied making a call until the investigators provided evidence.
WHL was archiving bomb data as instructed.
Worthy of attention.
Archiving related information in the development of nuclear weapons is part of his job in the X Division.
Lead
Hypothesis Brainstorming
(Hypotheses are in bold texts)