Robert S. Vrooman collection pertaining to Wen Ho Lee and Los Alamos National Laboratory 1986-2007 1995-2004

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Robert S. Vrooman collection pertaining to Wen Ho Lee and Los Alamos National Laboratory 1986-2007 1995-2004

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The collection documents the U. S. Government's investigation of Dr. Wen Ho Lee, scientist at Los Alamos National Labs, accused (and ultimately vindicated) of espionage. "Clinton's Scapegoat: The Persecution of an American Scientist" provides first hand documentation of Vrooman's experience with the investigation.

17 boxes (6 cu. ft.)

eng,

The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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SNAC Resource ID: 6404627

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United States. Department of Energy

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The Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States Government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. Its purview includes the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production, many of which are funded through its system of national laboratories. Many Federal agencies had been established to handle various aspect...

Vrooman, Robert Schuyler

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Robert Vrooman is a retired intelligence officer and a key participant in the defense of Los Alamos scientist Dr. Wen Ho Lee who was charged with espionage by the Clinton Administration. Mr. Vrooman worked as a case officer in the Central Intelligence Agency from 1969 to 1984 and as an intelligence officer at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1984 to 1998. His specialty was collecting information on foreign nuclear weapons programs particularly China and Russia. He has known Dr. L...

Lee, Wen Ho

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Los Alamos national laboratory

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