[snowrip]

The only reason Lee wasn't convicted was because the government would have had to allow testimony on classified documents and programs in open court.

The Chinese must be laughing their a$$es off about this. If you're caught spying in China, you are executed or tortured to death. In the US, not only do you get away clean, you get to sue the people who leaked information about you... because your "right to privacy" trumps national security.

[TexasCajun]

The only reason Lee wasn't convicted was because the government would have had to allow testimony on classified documents and programs in open court.

Maybe, Maybe not!

Remember, this was Slick and Janet Reno's little charade!

You just never know with these losers.

[azhenfud]

"The only reason Lee wasn't convicted was because the government would have had to allow testimony on classified documents and programs in open court."

The government needed to allow testimony only to the extent necessary to prove Lee provided information to the Chinese - which he claimed he didn't and a point they couldn't prove or wouldn't attempt. His only charge he pleaded no contest to is that he removed those files, not that any Chinese exchange occurred.

How amazing for some to lick the Clinton bowl of Lee's espionage charge while Clinton gave that information away.