Taiwanese-American weapons-design scientist Wen Ho Lee, who was employee at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as indicted for espionage in 1999 and spent nine months in solitary confinement.
Government counterintelligence officials maintained that Lee had given the plans for a nuclear bomb warhead to China. He denied having done so but plead guilty to mishandling sensitive information.
Lee was released in 2000, brought a civil suit against the government and settled for $1.6 million. His reputation was destroyed, making impossible for him to continue working in his field. Lee is now retired.
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