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Word: ultracompact (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Administration fumbled the case of Wen Ho Lee too. The report doesn't name him, to keep the ongoing investigation dark. But he is the Los Alamos scientist suspected of divulging the sensitive data on the ultracompact W-88 warhead, revealed in 1995. It was not until mid-1996 that the FBI began to ask discreet questions and 1997 when agents went to the Justice Department for permission to search his computer and tap his phone. In 1997, Justice blocked FBI attempts to search Lee's computer, citing a lack of probable cause. The FBI asked again; Justice said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Cold War? | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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