In June 1996, the FBI opened a criminal investigation into the allegations of Chinese atomic espionage, which have been denied by China.
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"But I knew from some sources that there was a lady involved in atomic espionage, " he told the Independent.
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Dr . Lee was arrested on Dec . 10 at his home in White Rock after nearly five years of federal investigations concerning Chinese atomic espionage.
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The main accuser who emerges is Chevalier, a professor who later gained notoriety as an intermediary in the Soviet atomic espionage rings of the 1940s.
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While The New York Times has reported on evidence of Chinese atomic espionage during the Clinton administration, the president has never publicly acknowledged that such spying occurred.
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A 23-page report made public in September 1994 said the silvery wreckage in the desert had been part of a top-secret system of atomic espionage.
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Recently, worries over possible atomic espionage prompted widespread use of polygraph screening at the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories, which are run by the Energy Department.
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An administration official did not dispute the fact that the briefing with the leaders of the Cox panel included a discussion of possible Chinese atomic espionage during the Clinton presidency.
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He was additionally sentenced to three days'imprisonment for refusing to testify against when the former West German ( SPD ) politician was accused in 1993 of atomic espionage.
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Since the furor over Chinese atomic espionage began, the Clinton administration has argued that there is no evidence that Beijing has actually applied stolen American secrets to modernize its nuclear forces.
