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What accounts for Wen Ho Lee's behavior? - Coggle Diagram
What accounts for Wen Ho Lee's behavior?
Disgruntled worker
Investigation harmed his professional rep
Investigation was very public
Knew he was investigation target
Wife threatened employees
Knew he was getting laid off
Wife got laid off
Wrote job hunting letters
Covering for or working with a spy
Tried to find internal investigator for Chinese co-worker
Failed polygraph
Denied search of home
Wrote downloading instructions down in Chinese
Did not inform anyone of suspicious contacts (False flag)
Covering for Sylvia
visited in Taiwan with Wen Ho Lee
Liaison with Chinese nuclear scientists at LANL
Data analyst at LANL
Q clearance
Sylvia had expertise (computer tech speech)
Security violations
threatened co-workers
Requested (in writing) nuclear tech if it was unclassified
Chinese Scientist liaison
Interpreter for Chinese delegates
Needed money
wife is laid off
$5,000 fee from Chung Shang Military Institute
No indication of lifestyle change (despite dropping to one income)
Taiwan vacations
Possible Shanghai ticket
Soon-to-be-unemployed
Victim of Circumstance
Investigation narrowed scope too soon
Investigation was politicized and pressured to find spy
Investigation assumed only Chinese expats would spy
Taiwanese roots
Loyalty to Chinese friends is necessarily loyalty to govt
Chinese nuclear scientist is old friend
Accidental saboteur - very bad at Security
Did not report FBI "false flag" spy attempt
Did not report soft-spy attempts by Dr. Hu Side
Downloaded files on open system and left them for 6 years
Tapes destroyed, but no proof
Called help desk to try and get remote access while overseas
Wrote down instructions for downloading in Chinese
Clout chaser with Chinese peers
Crashed party to hug Dr. Hu Side
Protective of Chinese guests
Continued to meet with people after they asked for intel
Both gave speeches in Taiwan
Insisted on interpreting even unasked
Chinese Loyalist
Did not report multiple trips
Tried to find person reporting on Chinese co-workers
Asked for Chinese national lab assistants
Did not report multiple contacts with Chinese nuclear scientists
Lived overseas before moving to US
Spent 6 weeks at Chung Shan Military Institute and didn't report it
Did not report/ask permission for Taiwan nuclear consultant job