2000: USA apologizes to Wen Ho Lee, an Chinese-American nuclear scientist

U.S. district Judge James A. Parker apologizes to Wen Ho Lee, an Chinese-American nuclear scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory who was held for nine months on suspicion of giving secrets to China before the government’s controversial case against him unraveled.

To: 
Wen Ho Lee, an Chinese-American nuclear scientist
From: 
USA
Year of Apology: 
2000
Footnote: 
Sterngold, James. “Nuclear scientist set free after plea in secrets case.” New York Times. September 14, 2000.