Wen Ho Lee Freed as Judge Apologizes
On September 13, 2000, nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee — a Taiwanese American held 278 days in solitary confinement on espionage suspicions that collapsed — was freed after pleading to a single count of mishandling data. Judge James Parker apologized, saying the government's conduct 'embarrassed our entire nation.' The case became a landmark of anti-Asian racial profiling in national security.