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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (44216)	4/28/1999 2:23:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

Suspect Said To Download Nuke Data NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of lines of computer code detailing how U.S. atomic warheads operate were improperly downloaded by a scientist suspected of spying for China, The New York Times reported today. The data taken from a computer system at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico may have compromised the nation's nuclear arsenal, the Times said, quoting unidentified federal and lab officials. The information included codes used to analyze nuclear test results, design nuclear weapons and rate the safety characteristics of nuclear warheads through computer simulation. Only those with top-level security clearance are supposed to have access to the data, The Times reported. The Taiwan-born scientist, Wen Ho Lee, transferred most of the files in 1994 and 1995 to another lab computer network, officials told the Times. Evidence shows the files were later accessed by someone improperly using a password, but authorities did not know if another country obtained the information, the Times said. Lee, 59, was fired from the lab on March 8 for alleged security violations but has not been charged with any crime. His attorney, Mark Holscher of Los Angeles, did not return a telephone call. Lee was the focus of an FBI probe into China's alleged theft from Los Alamos in the 1980s of design data for America's most advanced warhead, the W-88. China has denied spying on the United States. Federal officials discovered evidence of the 1994 and 1995 data transfers last month when they examined Lee's office computer as part of their W-88 investigation. President Clinton and Energy Department Secretary Bill Richardson shut down the classified Los Alamos computer system this month and ordered security upgrades. An investigation into Lee's security status is continuing.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (44216)	4/28/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: halfscot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

People get mad all the time, without guns, the odds of survival would be better. Or maybe you prefer the "right to carry" solution, where we all have guns, so every little altercation has better potential to turn deadly. What we need is more guns, not less! You stumbled on the solution!:)) You know, what you say, on its surface, makes sense but the evidence is contradictory. In his recently published book More Guns, Less Crime : Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics) by John Lott, Jr., Lott points out just the opposite is true. What is really interesting, while attacked for any number of reasons by the anti-gun crowd for his work, his statistics aren't challenged at all. As a matter of fact since carry laws were initiated there has been only one case of a legally concealed firearm being used in an altercation. The case involved an automobile accident where one person physically attacked the other. The assaulted person used his weapon as a last resort in fear of his life. It did not result in a fatality. No doubt we would have less deaths by guns if all guns were taken out of our society but that is an impossibility. Besides, we've had far easier access and more firearms per capita for over 200 years without the carnage one would expect if all the anti-gun advocates' premises were valid. We can either choose to attack inanimate objects used in committing crimes or our culture and values as a means to curb violence and crime. I choose to attack ways to change our culture, otherwise we have the same amorality without guns-would we really be that much better off? halfscot