Click here to return to book details FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: SEAN MCCABE, PETER ROBBIO OR KRISTIE MEAVE AT (703)-683-5004 NOVEMBER 9, 2000 BILL GERTZ’S “THE CHINA THREAT” IN BOOKSTORES Gertz Reveals: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION BOTCHED WEN HO LEE SPY CASE In his chilling new book, The China Threat, New York Times best-selling author Bill Gertz uncovers incredible evidence against suspected Chinese spy Wen Ho Lee Washington DC: The China Threat details, among other things, how the Clinton Administration and the U.S. Justice Department, through incompetence or collusion with the Chinese government, botched numerous Chinese espionage investigations of suspected spies Wen Ho Lee, Gwo Bao Min and Peter Lee. In frightening details, Gertz highlights key evidence against Wen Ho Lee that substantiates Lee’s allegiance to China. In the early 1990’s, Lee, working as a scientist at the Los Alamos Lab, unexpectedly arrived at a private gathering of visiting Chinese scientists in New Mexico. Even though Lee was not invited to the meeting, Hu Side, known to U.S. Intelligence as the father of China’s nuclear weapons program, enthusiastically welcomed Lee. In what will infamously go down in history as “the hug,” Hu Side hugged and thanked Lee for his “important contributions to China’s nuclear weapons program.” Unknown to Lee and Hu Side, an informant saw “the hug” and passed the information over to the FBI. Mr. Gertz also details how the U.S. let one of China's first major nuclear spies go free from prosecution. In the early 1980’s, Gwo Bao Min, a man fired from his job at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and under intense suspension of passing nuclear weapons secrets to China, became the key target of an FBI counterspy case known as “Tiger Trap.” Min was suspected of giving China the keys to unlocking America’s nuclear weapons arsenal. Ironically enough, during the investigation, Min accepted a personal phone call from none other than Wen Ho Lee. According to FBI wiretaps, Lee promised Min that he would investigate and expose informant’s that had turned Min in to authorities. According to Gertz, Min’s work may have been more damaging to U.S. national security than the Rosenberg’s, yet he was never prosecuted. Additionally, The China Threat exposes new developments in the Peter Lee spy case. Specifically, how White House officials ordered the FBI to delay the arrest of accused Lee, so not to offend visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin. In addition, China secretly warned the United States that an aggressive prosecution of Peter Lee would greatly upset U.S.-China relations. Lee was suspected of giving China vital U.S. submarine and nuclear secrets. Gertz is the defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times and one of the most respected reporters in his field and has unrivaled access to sources within the Pentagon and the American Intelligence community. To schedule an interview with Mr. Gertz please contact Sean McCabe (ext. 110), Peter Robbio (116) or Kristie Meave (ext. 106) at (703)-683-5004. -- 30 -- Click here to return to book details Price: $22.36 - Click here to order from Amazon: