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Let me challenge one statement re: what other coders have done. We uncovered a lot of sloppy handling of classified information on laptops, home PCs etc., during my time as D/In and CI. Nothing even remotely came close to the scope and magnitude of what Lee transferred to unclassifed networks. As Joe Stalin once said, "at some point quantity does take on a quality all its own." Transferring 1,2,5 classified files is criminal, transferring the contents of every input file containing sizes, shapes, geometries, materials of every warhead in the US arsenal is in a whole 'nother league. Thanks to Richardson, but also the FBI for siccing the press on Lee in 1999 after he was fired. I often thought it was deliberate, to ensure that Lee could ultimately claim that he couldn't get a fair trial due to sensational media coverage. So Richardson, et.al., wouldn't have to deal with espionage allegations re: china. Ultimately that's what this was about, even the criminal prosecution of Lee was not about espionage, but simply "mishandling classified info." Likewise Peter Lee, who admitted giving Chinese nuclear secrets, but also some very sensitive ASW stuff but was let off with less than a slap on the wrist and no espionage charges.